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Reflections on Non‐Imperialist, Feminist Values
Author(s) -
Meyers Diana Tietjens
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
metaphilosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1467-9973
pISSN - 0026-1068
DOI - 10.1111/meta.12464
Subject(s) - individualism , personhood , enlightenment , feminism , independence (probability theory) , sociology , autonomy , egalitarianism , value (mathematics) , epistemology , gender studies , philosophy , law , political science , politics , statistics , mathematics , machine learning , computer science
This paper clarifies and reflects on the four values that Serene Khader argues feminism can do without in Decolonizing Universalism : independence individualism, personhood individualism, Enlightenment freedom, and gender‐role eliminativism. Persuaded by her condemnation of the view Khader calls “headship complementarianism” and her defense of a different form of gender complementarianism, the paper leaves the question of gender role eliminativism aside. It starts by presenting some concerns about her treatment of Enlightenment freedom, independence individualism, and personhood individualism. It agrees that Enlightenment freedom and independence individualism have no place in feminism. Contrary to Khader, however, it maintains that personhood individualism is necessarily a feminist value. It then shows why the value of women’s autonomy is more central to non‐imperialist feminism than Khader acknowledges. Ultimately, it agrees with Khader that feminism can be both universalist and non‐imperialist provided that these qualifications are adopted.