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AuthorAl-Ghanim, Kaltham
Available date2017-09-18T08:10:51Z
Publication Date2013-01-15
Publication NameContemporary Arab Affairs
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17550912.2012.748579
Citation"The intellectual frameworks and theoretical limits of Arab feminist thought" Kaltham Al-Ghanim Contemporary Arab Affairs Vol. 6 , Iss. 1, 2013
ISSN1755-0912
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/5636
AbstractThis is a critical assessment of the intellectual and theoretical underpinnings of Feminism in the Arab world across the different phases in its evolution. The paper notes what has been achieved in respect of some specific issues but takes the view that overall the movement has failed to transform the views, consciousness and situation of most Arab women. Attempts to incorporate and/ or redefine women’s aspirations and roles in Islamic terms are seen as having taken over from earlier feminist voices. Where these voices do remain they are confined to a narrow intellectual elite and have failed to galvanize or inform women across the socio-economic spectrum. The article concludes that the contemporary feminist movement is repeating the same errors as in the past by adopting intellectual perspectives that do not suit the intellectual, ideological and value foundations of Arab culture. There is a need, therefore, to revise the intellectual foundations of the movement and make a rapprochement between this current and the reality of Arab societies
SponsorContemporary Arab Affairs thanks IB Tauris for its permission to publish this paper ahead of its inclusion in a collective volume entitled Arab Feminisms: Gender and Equality in the Middle East edited by Jean Said Makdisi, Noha Bayoumi and Rafif Rida Sidawi (forthcoming).
Languageen
PublisherTaylor & Francis
SubjectEmancipation of women
Intellectual elites
Roles of women
Social movement
Culture
Feminist movement
TitleThe intellectual frameworks and theoretical limits of Arab feminist thought
TypeArticle
Pagination82-90
Issue Number1
Volume Number6
ESSN1755-0920
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