Radical democratic politics and feminism

Authors

  • Soledad Martínez Labrin Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chile

Abstract

In the article I present a reflection around the radical democratic project proposed by Chantal Mouffe and Ernesto Laclau. Specifically, I examine the application of the project in the context of the ?new social movements? and especially, of feminist movement. I state the need of drawing attention to universalism and essentialism as the main obstacles to generate a collective proposal without margins. Nevertheless, doubts remind about the possibility of building up a feminism tailored by the radical democratic project, in a stage in which the political action of such a movement is characterized by categories that are closed and crystallized.

Keywords

Radical democracy, Feminism, Social movements

References

Hooks, Bell. (1984). Feminist Theory, from Margin to Center. Boston: South end Press.

Laclau, Ernesto y Mouffe, Chantal. (1985). Hegemonía y Estrategia Socialista. Madrid: Siglo XXI.

Mouffe, Chantal. (1999). Feminismo, Ciudadanía y Política Democrática Radical. En Chantal Mouffe. (ed.). El Retorno de lo Político. Barcelona: Paidós.

Mouffe, Chantal. (2001). Algunes Observacions Sobre Política Feminista. Transversal. El Cos de les Idees, 36-41.

Preciado, Beatriz. (2002). Apuntes del curso “Teoría Queer, Performances de Género y Políticas Performativas”. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Spivak, Gayatri. (1988). Los estudios Subalternos: La Deconstrucción de la Historiografía. En Dins Carbonell y Nuria Torras. (eds.). Feminismos Literarios. Madrid: Arco.

Author Biography

Soledad Martínez Labrin, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chile

Psicóloga, Universidad de Concepción, Chile. Master en estudios de género, University of Southampton, Inglaterra. Doctoranda en psicología social, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Docente Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chile.

Published

2006-05-01

How to Cite

Martínez Labrin, S. (2006). Radical democratic politics and feminism. Athenea Digital. Revista De Pensamiento E investigación Social, 1(9), 58–64. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/athenead/v1n9.260

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