WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT IN THE MUSLIM WORLD: RECONSIDERING RIGHTS OF THE “COMMONS”

Year 2019, Volume: 3 Issue: 5, 136 - 151, 28.02.2019

Gökhan Ak

https://doi.org/10.30520/tjsosci.518264

Cited By: 2

Abstract

The crucial question arises how today’s modern-liberal life can bridge the gap between what is and what can be, while respecting the gap and its uncertainty and figurality? How can today’s modern-liberal life accommodate ambiguity while remaining faithful to the women’s empowerment project? In the wat to explore responds to these questions, this study will try to develop a secular-liberal constellation that radically opens up what women’s rights in Muslim world are, and what it can mean for the compassionate concern for Muslim women’s empowerment regarding their rights as being the commons of Muslim society. Thus, this study examines the interaction among women’s rights and empowerment, Islam and Western liberalism. As for the liberal approach, complex issue regarding rights for the commons of the secular society, including Muslim world, pose a series of questions regarding many aspects such as fundamental human rights, gender equality, freedom, secularism, current modernism, contemporary mentality, education, rule of law, moral, ethics, culture, and civil society pertinent to revolutionary movements. As seen, many policy-making topics arouse as much contention as those at the nexus of women, Islam and Western liberalism.

Keywords

Woman, Islam, Liberalism, Muslim Society, Rights and Empowerment

MÜSLÜMAN DÜNYASINDA KADINLARIN GÜÇLENDİRİLMESİ: “ORTAKLAR”IN HAKLARINI YENİDEN DÜŞÜNMEK

Abstract

Günümüzün modern-liberal
yaşamında boşluk olgusu ile onun belirsizliğini ve nesnelliğini düşünürken,
“nedir” ile “ne olabilir” arasındaki boşluğu nasıl birleştirebiliriz üzerine
önemli bir soru mevcuttur. Kadınların güçlendirilmesi projesine sadık kalarak bugünün
çağdaş-liberal yaşamında bu boşluğu nasıl doldurabiliriz? Bu sorulara cevaplar
arama yolunda, bu çalışma, Müslüman dünyasında kadınların haklarının neler
olduğu ve Müslüman toplumunun ortakları olarak haklarını güçlendirmek üzere
gösterilecek şefkatli kaygının ne anlama gelebileceği üzerine seküler-liberal
bir tartışma geliştirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu nedenle, bu çalışma, kadınların
hakları ve güçlendirilmesi, İslam ve Batı liberalizmi arasındaki etkileşimi
incelemektedir. Liberal yaklaşıma göre, Müslüman dünyası dahil, çağdaş toplumun
ortaklarının haklarını kapsayan karmaşık konu, temel insan hakları, toplumsal
cinsiyet eşitliği, özgürlük, laiklik, mevcut modernizm, çağdaş zihniyet,
eğitim, hukukun üstünlüğü, ahlak, etik, kültür ve devrimci hareketlerle ilgili
sivil toplum gibi birçok konuda bir dizi soru ortaya koymaktadır. Görüldüğü
üzere, birçok siyaset-üretme konusu, kadın, İslam ve Batı liberalizminin bağrındakiler
kadar çekişme yaratmaktadır.

Keywords

Kadın, İslam, Liberalizm, Müslüman Dünyası, Haklar ve Güçlenme

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