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Feminism versus neoliberalism: women’s freedom practices in world perspective

Abstract

Turning to the “original” voice of Simone de Beauvoir we find that she, like Fraser (2013)Fraser, Nancy. How Feminism Became Capitalism”s Handmaiden - and How to Reclaim It. The Guardian , 14 October 2013., had criticized a neoliberal kind of “feminism”. However, Beauvoir’s approach also captures how contemporary feminism involves a plural set of freedom practices, rather than a universal program as Fraser implies.

Feminism; Neoliberalism; Freedom Practices; Simone De Beauvoir; Nancy Fraser

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