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| Citizenship | Mouffe | Gaus I 283 Citizenship/identity/Mouffe/Mottier: Mouffe (1992)(1) (...) founds her conception of citizenship on a critique as well as a critical reappropriation of liberalism. However, Mouffe's project of 'plural democracy' also draws strongly on postmodern and poststructuralist arguments (...). >Democracy/Mouffe, cf. >Identity/Postmodernism, >Gender/Poststructuralism. MouffeVsEssentialism: Indeed, Mouffe adopts an antiessentialist position towards citizenship, emphasizing the social and political construction of gender identities. Certain feminists fear that anti-essentialist positions limit the possibilities for political action and mobilization around women's identity. For Mouffe, on the contrary, the critique of essentialist identities is in fact a precondition for a truly feminist politics. Sex difference: The most urgent task in her view is to recognize the process of social construction through which sex difference has acquired such importance as a structuring factor of social relations of subordination. According to Mouffe, it is precisely within Gaus I 284 these processes that the real power relations operate in society. Therefore, a perspective that focuses only on the consequences of sex difference - whether 'equality of treatment' means that women and men should be treated differently or the same - is meaningless in her eyes. MouffeVsPateman/MouffeVsElshtain: Mouffe's anti-essentialism leads her to criticize feminists who primarily promote the revalorization of female values, such as (although coming from different perspectives) Pateman or Elshtain. For Mouffe, as for Judith Butler (1990)(2), such a position is problematic, as it assumes the existence of homogeneous identities such as 'men' and 'women'. Citizenship: Contrary to Pateman and Young, Mouffe thinks that the solution is not to make gender or other group characteristics relevant to the concept of citizenship, but on the contrary, to decrease their importance. The project of radical and democratic citizenship that she proposes implies a conception of citizenship which is neither gendered nor gender-neutral, based on a real equality and liberty of all citizens. She proposes, on the contrary, to focus on political issues and claims and not on presumably fixed and essential gender identities. Accordingly, the distinction between the private and the public spheres needs to be redefined from case to case, according to the type of political demands, and not in a fixed and permanent way. 1. Mouffe, Chantal (1992) 'Feminism, citizenship and radical democratic politics'. In Judith Butler and Joan Scott, eds, Feminists Theorise the Political. New York: Routledge, 22-40. 2. Butler, Judith (1990) Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. New York: Routledge. Véronique Mottier 2004. „Feminism and Gender Theory: The Return of the State“. In: Gaus, Gerald F. & Kukathas, Chandran 2004. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE Publications |
Gaus I Gerald F. Gaus Chandran Kukathas Handbook of Political Theory London 2004 |
| Identity | Mouffe | Gaus I 283 Citizenship/identity/Mouffe/Mottier: Mouffe (1992)(1) (...) founds her conception of citizenship on a critique as well as a critical reappropriation of liberalism. However, Mouffe's project of 'plural democracy' also draws strongly on postmodern and poststructuralist arguments (...). >Democracy/Mouffe, cf. >Identity/Postmodernism, >Gender/Poststructuralism. MouffeVsEssentialism: Indeed, Mouffe adopts an antiessentialist position towards citizenship, emphasizing the social and political construction of gender identities. Certain feminists fear that anti-essentialist positions limit the possibilities for political action and mobilization around women's identity. For Mouffe, on the contrary, the critique of essentialist identities is in fact a precondition for a truly feminist politics. Sex difference: The most urgent task in her view is to recognize the process of social construction through which sex difference has acquired such importance as a structuring factor of social relations of subordination. According to Mouffe, it is precisely within Gaus I 284 these processes that the real power relations operate in society. Therefore, a perspective that focuses only on the consequences of sex difference - whether 'equality of treatment' means that women and men should be treated differently or the same - is meaningless in her eyes. MouffeVsPateman/MouffeVsElshtain: Mouffe's anti-essentialism leads her to criticize feminists who primarily promote the revalorization of female values, such as (although coming from different perspectives) Pateman or Elshtain. For Mouffe, as for Judith Butler (1990)(2), such a position is problematic, as it assumes the existence of homogeneous identities such as 'men' and 'women'. Citizenship: Contrary to Pateman and Young, Mouffe thinks that the solution is not to make gender or other group characteristics relevant to the concept of citizenship, but on the contrary, to decrease their importance. The project of radical and democratic citizenship that she proposes implies a conception of citizenship which is neither gendered nor gender-neutral, based on a real equality and liberty of all citizens. She proposes, on the contrary, to focus on political issues and claims and not on presumably fixed and essential gender identities. Accordingly, the distinction between the private and the public spheres needs to be redefined from case to case, according to the type of political demands, and not in a fixed and permanent way. 1. Mouffe, Chantal (1992) 'Feminism, citizenship and radical democratic politics'. In Judith Butler and Joan Scott, eds, Feminists Theorise the Political. New York: Routledge, 22-40. 2. Butler, Judith (1990) Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. New York: Routledge. Véronique Mottier 2004. „Feminism and Gender Theory: The Return of the State“. In: Gaus, Gerald F. & Kukathas, Chandran 2004. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE Publications |
Gaus I Gerald F. Gaus Chandran Kukathas Handbook of Political Theory London 2004 |
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