FEMINISM AND COSMOPOLITANISM: SOME INEVITABLE CONNECTIONS
FEMINISM AND COSMOPOLITANISM: SOME INEVITABLE CONNECTIONS
Author(s): Diana Elena NeagaSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Universitatea Nicolae Titulescu
Keywords: Feminism; cosmopolitanism; differences; identity; ethics
Summary/Abstract: In this paper I will approach the issue of feminism and cosmopolitanism in order to give arguments in sustaining the fact that, today, feminism and cosmopolitanism are inevitable connected. In constructing my discourse I will begin by laying out the main ideas of cosmopolitanism, followed by a presentation of the construction of the feminist movement over time, inter-relating these two discourses at the end of the analysis. Connected with political ethics, political theory and political philosophy, the theoretical framework selected for this paper is based on the cosmopolitan theory developed by scholars like Martha Nussbaum, Fiona Robinson and Kwame Anthony Appaih who, underlining universality, define cosmopolitism as a universal concern with every human life and its well-being, but who are also giving value to the differences (seen as cultural or/ and of identity) insofar as they are not harmful to people.
Journal: LESIJ - Lex ET Scientia International Journal
- Issue Year: XVIII/2011
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 323-331
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English