TY - JOUR
T1 - Unsettling the political
T2 - conceptualizing the political in feminist and LGBTI+ activism across Russia, the Scandinavian countries, and Turkey
AU - Arik, Hülya
AU - Çağatay, Selin
AU - Liinason, Mia
AU - Sasunkevich, Olga
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This article aims to expand the ongoing theoretical debate on the broadened and context-specific notion of politics by offering an empirically nuanced conceptualization of the political based on the study of feminist and lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and intersex (LGBTI+) activism in Russia, Turkey, and the Scandinavian countries. We use a multi-scalar transnational approach to foreground connectivities across regions to challenge nation-bound and state-centric perspectives on politics and reveal the various formulations beyond the formal/informal divide. Case studies from feminist and LGBTI+ activists and minority organizations demonstrate context-specific ways of inhabiting or distancing from politics. Drawing on interdisciplinary feminist scholarship and a Gramscian approach to civil society, we challenge the narrow articulation of politics either as antagonism or contestation. In doing so, we highlight the political expressions that do not neatly fit into the expected forms of politics, yet are motivated by a commitment to shaping new ways of living together.
AB - This article aims to expand the ongoing theoretical debate on the broadened and context-specific notion of politics by offering an empirically nuanced conceptualization of the political based on the study of feminist and lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and intersex (LGBTI+) activism in Russia, Turkey, and the Scandinavian countries. We use a multi-scalar transnational approach to foreground connectivities across regions to challenge nation-bound and state-centric perspectives on politics and reveal the various formulations beyond the formal/informal divide. Case studies from feminist and LGBTI+ activists and minority organizations demonstrate context-specific ways of inhabiting or distancing from politics. Drawing on interdisciplinary feminist scholarship and a Gramscian approach to civil society, we challenge the narrow articulation of politics either as antagonism or contestation. In doing so, we highlight the political expressions that do not neatly fit into the expected forms of politics, yet are motivated by a commitment to shaping new ways of living together.
KW - Transnational feminism
KW - feminist and LGBTI+ activism
KW - hegemony/counter-hegemony
KW - state–civil-society relations
KW - the political
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85141371370&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14616742.2022.2130806
DO - 10.1080/14616742.2022.2130806
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85141371370
SN - 1461-6742
VL - 25
SP - 687
EP - 710
JO - International Feminist Journal of Politics
JF - International Feminist Journal of Politics
IS - 4
ER -