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Critical Theories and the Postsocialist Challenge
Race, Gender, Decolonialization and Social Justice
Series: - Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Volume: 366
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This book challenges you to re-consider how and what you know about critical ideas related to inequality, redistribution, race, gender, violence, and justice. It takes you on a historical journey across capitalist and (former) socialist countries and societies to illustrate why these well-established Anglophonic concepts developed mainly in the United States may lack completeness and political energy when used the world over. Written in accessible language, the chapters equip you with a potent original postsocialist method for evaluating these and other critical concepts across political contexts and academic disciplines.
Miglena S. Todorova (Ph.D. 2006, University of Minnesota, USA) is Associate Professor in Social Justice Education, University of Toronto, Canada. Her work on race, gender, and political economies is widely published, including Unequal Under Socialism (2021) and Decolonizing Education and Beyond (2019).
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Critical Theories and the Postsocialist Method
â1âWhy This Book?
â2âCritical Theories and Studies of the United States
â3âPostsocialism as a Method
â4âThe Postsocialist Method: Thought, Action, and Emotions
â5â(Re)claiming Postsocialism
â6âChapters and Readers
â7âDefining Other Key Terms
1 Decolonization and Race Critical Theories in Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies
â1âDecolonization, Knowledge, and Power
â2âKnowledge and Empires: Origins of Russian, Slavic, and East European Studies
â3âDecolonizing Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies?
â4âBlack/Race Studies and Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies
â5âRe-Imagining Anti-Oppression Research in Eastern Europe and the Balkans
â6âTowards Innovation in Slavic, Easte European, and Eurasian Studies
2 Postsocialist Interpretations of Redistribution and Social Justice
â1âSocial Justice Education: Core Concepts
â2âSocialist State-Led Redistribution, Treatment of Cultural Differences, and Violence
â3âThe Problem with State-Led Redistribution and Recognition
â4âChallenging Dualities: Oppressors and Oppressed in Education for Social Justice
â5âOn Revolutionaries and Dictators: Postsocialist Framing of Social Justice Leadership
â6âThe Pedagogies of Postsocialist Education for Social Justice
3 Gender Equity, Political Economy and Violence against Women: Challenging the Paradigm
â1âRoot Causes of Violence against Women
â2âPrevention of Violence against Women: Learning with Women in Former Socialist States
â3âThe âWomanâs Questionâ versus Education and Socialization of Socialist Men
â4âViolence against Women and New Socialist Gender Regimes
â5âViolence and Gender Equity: Learning from (Post)Socialism
â6âPrevention after State Socialisms: the Case of Bulgaria and the Istanbul Convention
â7âGender Equity amid Unequal Geopolitical Power
â8âBy Way of Concluding
4 Emotional Epistemes: Socialist, Postsocialist, and Transnational Women and Feminisms
â1âAcademic Feminisms: Boundaries, Dualities, and Relations
â2ââFeelingâ Transnational and the Local Feminisms
â3âPolitics and Self-Management of Women Factory Workers in Croatia
â4âWomen in Socialist Poland: Leaderless Strikes and the Benefits of âDisorderlyâ Politics
â5âRomani Women Staging International Womenâs Day, March 8th
â6âThe Politics of Not Being Included
Conclusion: Critical Theories, Postsocialist Doubt, and the Future
â1âEmbracing Doubt
â2âCritical Theories, Postsocialist Studies and the Future(s)
â3âBack to the Present
Bibliography
Index
Introduction: Critical Theories and the Postsocialist Method
â1âWhy This Book?
â2âCritical Theories and Studies of the United States
â3âPostsocialism as a Method
â4âThe Postsocialist Method: Thought, Action, and Emotions
â5â(Re)claiming Postsocialism
â6âChapters and Readers
â7âDefining Other Key Terms
1 Decolonization and Race Critical Theories in Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies
â1âDecolonization, Knowledge, and Power
â2âKnowledge and Empires: Origins of Russian, Slavic, and East European Studies
â3âDecolonizing Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies?
â4âBlack/Race Studies and Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies
â5âRe-Imagining Anti-Oppression Research in Eastern Europe and the Balkans
â6âTowards Innovation in Slavic, Easte European, and Eurasian Studies
2 Postsocialist Interpretations of Redistribution and Social Justice
â1âSocial Justice Education: Core Concepts
â2âSocialist State-Led Redistribution, Treatment of Cultural Differences, and Violence
â3âThe Problem with State-Led Redistribution and Recognition
â4âChallenging Dualities: Oppressors and Oppressed in Education for Social Justice
â5âOn Revolutionaries and Dictators: Postsocialist Framing of Social Justice Leadership
â6âThe Pedagogies of Postsocialist Education for Social Justice
3 Gender Equity, Political Economy and Violence against Women: Challenging the Paradigm
â1âRoot Causes of Violence against Women
â2âPrevention of Violence against Women: Learning with Women in Former Socialist States
â3âThe âWomanâs Questionâ versus Education and Socialization of Socialist Men
â4âViolence against Women and New Socialist Gender Regimes
â5âViolence and Gender Equity: Learning from (Post)Socialism
â6âPrevention after State Socialisms: the Case of Bulgaria and the Istanbul Convention
â7âGender Equity amid Unequal Geopolitical Power
â8âBy Way of Concluding
4 Emotional Epistemes: Socialist, Postsocialist, and Transnational Women and Feminisms
â1âAcademic Feminisms: Boundaries, Dualities, and Relations
â2ââFeelingâ Transnational and the Local Feminisms
â3âPolitics and Self-Management of Women Factory Workers in Croatia
â4âWomen in Socialist Poland: Leaderless Strikes and the Benefits of âDisorderlyâ Politics
â5âRomani Women Staging International Womenâs Day, March 8th
â6âThe Politics of Not Being Included
Conclusion: Critical Theories, Postsocialist Doubt, and the Future
â1âEmbracing Doubt
â2âCritical Theories, Postsocialist Studies and the Future(s)
â3âBack to the Present
Bibliography
Index
This book will interest researchers, students, and general readers curious about the role of critical race, gender, and justice theories in imagining good societies and our collective future.