Bibliograph

The future of difference, beyond the toxic entaglement of racism, sexism and feminism, Sabine Hark and Paula-Irene Villa ; translated by Sophie Lewis

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The future of difference, beyond the toxic entaglement of racism, sexism and feminism, Sabine Hark and Paula-Irene Villa ; translated by Sophie Lewis

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The future of difference

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bibliography

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1119766337

Responsibility statement

Sabine Hark and Paula-Irene Villa ; translated by Sophie Lewis

Sub title

beyond the toxic entaglement of racism, sexism and feminism

Summary

How feminism is used to attack immigration in EuropeIn recent years, opponents of 'political correctness' have surged to prominence from both left and right, shaping a discourse in which perpetrators are 'defiantly' imagined as Muslim refugees, i.e. outsiders/others, while victims are identified as 'our women'. This poisonous and regressive situation grounds Hark and Villa's theorisation of contemporary regimes of power as engaged primarily in the violent production of difference. In this moment, they argue, the logic of 'differentiate and rule' thoroughly permeates the social; our entire 'way of life' is premised on endless subtle hierarchical distinctions, which determine whole populations' attitudes, feelings and actions. How can learn to value difference, sabotaging all attempts to enlist difference in the service of domination? Hark and Villa make a compelling case for the urgent necessity for a detoxification of feminism as a matter of urgency; and for an ethical mode of living-with the world, that is, living with alterity

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