RT Article
T1 Introduction: Symposium on Serene J. Khader’s Decolonizing Universalism: A Transnational Feminist Ethic
JF Journal of global ethics
VO 16
IS 3
SP 343
OP 348
A1 Khader, Serene J.
LA English
PB Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1758733551
AB This symposium brings together commentaries on Serene J. Khader’s Decolonizing Universalism: A Transnational Feminist Ethic from Linda Martín Alcoff, Sunaina Arya, and Olúfẹ'mi O. Táíwò with a reply from Khader. Khader’s book aims to develop a conception of feminism that is both universalist and anti-imperialist. Central to this feminism are (a) the idea that the normative core of feminism is opposition to sexist oppression and (b) the idea that the role of normative concepts in transnational feminist praxis is a justice-enhancing, or nonideal theoretical, one. Khader resists the universalism/relativism framing of debates in global feminisms and argues that opposition to sexist oppression can be detached from the values and social ontology of what she calls ‘Enlightenment liberalism’. She asks whether the values that are most often accused of being vehicles for Western imperialism, namely autonomy, individualism, and gender role eliminativism, are necessary for feminism at all.
K1 Global Justice
K1 decolonial feminism
K1 postcolonial feminism
K1 transnational feminism
K1 Political Philosophy
DO 10.1080/17449626.2021.1876144