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This book opens up a unique intellectual space where eleven female scholar-activists explore alternative forms of theorising social reality. These‘Women on the Verge’ demonstrate that a new radical subject– one that is plural, prefigurative, decolonial, ethical, ecological, communal and democratic- is in the making, but is unrecognisable with old analytical tools. Of central concern to the book is the resistance of some social scientists, many of them critical theorists, to learning about this radical subject and to interrogating the concepts, methodologies and epistemologies used to grasp it. Echoing the experiential critique of capitalist-colonial society that is taking place at the grassroots, the authors examine how to create hope, decolonise critique and denaturalise society. They also address the various dimensions of the social (re)production of life, including women in development, the commons, and nature. Finally, they discuss the dynamics of prefiguration by social movements, critiquing social movement theory in the process. This thought-provoking edited collection will appeal to students and scholars of gender studies, social, Marxist and Feminist theory, postcolonial studies and politics.
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Social Sciences for an Other Politics
Ana Cecilia Dinerstein Editor
Social Sciences for an Other Politics Women Theorizing Without Parachutes Foreword by J.K. Gibson-Graham
Editor Ana Cecilia Dinerstein Department of Social and Policy Sciences University of Bath Bath, United Kingdom
ISBN 978-3-319-47775-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-47776-3
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This book is dedicated to Berta Cáceres and Jo Cox, two great women brutally silenced for their resistance to power and their hope in a world that can contain many worlds in it. ‘Un rayo partió la blancura de la tierra en mil pedazos’, (María Alicia Gutiérrez Punto que simula fijo, 2014, p. 41)
EDITOR’S PREFACE
Every book has a story behind it. The story of this book begins with an intuition. I had an idea that made me happy and I had to pursue it. As I was walking home from work that day, I was smiling alone, due to the joy brought about by the simple thought that others would feel the same and would join in. I thought of several female academic-activists who I admire, read and cite in my own work, wh