Problem and Solution at the Same Time? Universalism and Human Rights in the Context of Global Authoritarian Attacks on Gender-Related Rights

Alexandra Scheele, Julia Roth, Heidemarie Winkel (Hg.): Global Contestations of Gender Rights. transcript 2022.

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  • Jonas Lang Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17169/ogj.2023.256

Keywords:

Women's Rights, Universalism, Postcolonial Theory

Abstract

The anthology "Global Contestations of Gender Rights" brings together interdisciplinary perspectives on the worldwide authoritarian contestation of gender-related rights in a global context. The book has three strengths: 1. It fullfils its own claim to interdisciplinarity, intersectionality and globality. 2. It offers a qualified overview of the empirical and theoretical background and the development of the global authoritarian backlash. 3. It develops a discussion across various contributions that examines the ambivalent position of human rights and their underlying universalist claim in the context of the global contestation of gender rights.

Author Biography

Jonas Lang, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Jonas Lang studied political science and sociology in Freiburg and is currently completing a master in political theory at Goethe University Frankfurt. He is co-editor of the journal "diskurs". He is interested in contemporary political theory and social philosophy, recognition theory, radical democratic theory, political aesthetics and the work of Michel Foucault and its reception. Currently he is working on theoretical approaches to questions of identity politics.

Black book Cover with white lettering: Alexandra Scheele, Julia Roth, Heidemarie Winkel (Eds.) Global Contestations of Gender Rights. Bielefeld University Press

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Published

2023-12-20

How to Cite

Lang, J. (2023). Problem and Solution at the Same Time? Universalism and Human Rights in the Context of Global Authoritarian Attacks on Gender-Related Rights: Alexandra Scheele, Julia Roth, Heidemarie Winkel (Hg.): Global Contestations of Gender Rights. transcript 2022. Open Gender Journal, 7. https://doi.org/10.17169/ogj.2023.256

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Vol. 7 (2023): Open Gender Journal

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