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Confucian Feminism and Gender Equality : A Decolonial Feminist Theory Ranjoo Seodu Herr
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Confucian Feminism and Gender Equality : A Decolonial Feminist Theory
Ranjoo Seodu Herr
This book proposes a decolonial feminist theory of Confucian feminism. Adopting a decolonial feminist approach the book illuminates the feminist potential of Confucianism as a philosophical system predicated on an idea of gender equality. It argues that Confucian gender equality is constitutive of Confucianism because it is a subset of the idea of moral equality that all Confucian persons have the equal moral potential to become a junzi, or someone who embodies inherently relational Confucian virtues, central to Confucianism.
Although Confucian gender equality was neglected throughout history, it is highlighted as an authentically Confucian idea accepted by some pre-modern Confucian theorists. The book re-examines the influential Western feminist critique that societal comprehensive doctrines, such as Confucianism, cannot be feminist because they are incompatible with relational autonomy, arguing that impugning societal comprehensive doctrines by presuming autonomy as a universal form of normative agency is itself colonial. By reclaiming Confucian gender equality and offering a reinterpretation able to meet the feminist demands of the contemporary world, this book will be a valuable resource to students and scholars of Confucianism, Asian Philosophy and Gender Studies.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| To be released | March 12, 2027 |
| ISBN13 | 9781041438281 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 206 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 446 g (Weight (estimated)) |
