He Zhen and the decolonialization of feminism

Rošker, Jana S. (author)

Culturally conditioned differences between women must be seen and theorized about in order to avoid essentialist generalizations about “women’s issues.” In this context, the idea of a universal patriarchal order is questioned, as is the idea of a general, universally equivalent type of feminism. Through analysis of the political philosophy of He Zhen (1884–circa 1920), this paper aims to present a Chinese alternative to liberal feminism based on the assumption that the Western feminist movement might not be a suitable means of abolishing women’s oppression in China, because it is culturally conditioned and rooted in the particulars of Western social history.

• Language: English
• Keywords: He Zhen, feminism, anarchism, Chinese anarcho-feminism, postcolonialism, decolonization of feminism, anarcho-feminism, Chinese women's philosophy
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Author Accepted Manuscript
• Year: 2022
• Number of pages: Str. 22-35
• Numbering: Vol. 49, iss. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-135923
• UDC: 141.72:32(510)
• ISSN on article: 0301-8121
• DOI: 10.1163/15406253-12340045
• COBISS.SI-ID: 102840579
• Publication date in RUL: 01.04.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Journal of Chinese philosophy
• Shortened title: J. Chin. philos.
• Publisher: Brill
• ISSN: 0301-8121
• COBISS.SI-ID: 1563925

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: He Zhen, kitajski anarho-feminizem

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P6-0243
• Name: Azijski jeziki in kulture

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: N6-0161
• Name: Humanizem v medkulturni perspektivi: Evropa in Kitajska