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Women’s Rights in Liberal States: A Response
Women’s Rights in Liberal States: A Response

Gila STOPLER

In this final post, Stopler (College of Law & Business, Israel) responds to the contributors’ reflections and further shows how the treatment of women’s rights lies at the heart of the broader crisis facing liberal democracy today.

Extricating Patriarchy? A Feminist Rethinking of Liberalism and Patriarchal Religion
Extricating Patriarchy? A Feminist Rethinking of Liberalism and Patriarchal Religion

Rosario Grimà ALGORA

In the fourth of five posts in our symposium on Gila Stopler’s Women’s Rights in Liberal States, Rosario Grimà Algora considers Stopler’s arguments relating to feminist theory and equality.

Patriarchy and Binaries: Three Questions on Legal-Strategic Cooperation in the Time of Right-Wing Populism in Western Democracies
Patriarchy and Binaries: Three Questions on Legal-Strategic Cooperation in the Time of Right-Wing Populism in Western Democracies

Stefano OSELLA

As part of our symposium on Gila Stopler’s Women Rights in Liberal States, Stefano Osella contributes a thought-provoking review. Osella praises the book as ‘timely, erudite, and brave.’ At the same time, Osella encourages Stopler to take her commitment to gender equality beyond a binary assumption of gendered power dynamics.

The Private Is Still Political; Neutrality Was Never Neutral: Rereading Liberalism and Religion with Gila Stopler
The Private Is Still Political; Neutrality Was Never Neutral: Rereading Liberalism and Religion with Gila Stopler

Mariana BROCCA

in the second instalment of our symposium on Women’s Rights in Liberal States, Mariana Brocca considers how liberalism has disregarded the political nature of family, region and care in the private sphere, leading to the formation of patriarchal hierarchies within liberal systems.

Book Symposium – Introduction: Women’s Rights in Liberal States: Patriarchy, Liberalism, Religion and the Chimera of Rights
Book Symposium – Introduction: Women’s Rights in Liberal States: Patriarchy, Liberalism, Religion and the Chimera of Rights

Gila STOPLER

In this opening post, I will briefly introduce the main themes of the book. The following three posts will include responses from the contributors, and those will be followed by a closing post where I will respond to their thoughtful contributions.