Sekülarizm Söyleminde Cinsiyet Eşitliǧine Dair Faraziyeler

Year 2019, , 431 - 446, 30.03.2019

Hesna Serra Aksel

https://doi.org/10.15869/itobiad.492285

Abstract

Aydınlanmacı söylemin merkezinde olan sekülerlik insanlığa
bağımsızlık, özgürlük, kurtuluş ve ilerleme vaat eder. Ayni zamanda sekülerlik
söylemi, dogma, köktencilik ve şiddetin kaynağı olarak, dini kendisinin
karşıtına yerleştirir. Bu aydınlanmacı söylem, evrensel bir kurtuluş projesi ve
cinsiyet eşitliği ilkesi olarak, normatiftik iddia eder. Bu calışmada,
sekülerliğin çeşitli bağlamlarda cinsiyet ve cinsellik gözlüğü ile yakın bir
okuması yapılarak, sekülerliğin her zaman cinsiyet eşitliğine dair bir ilerleme
getirdigi dinin ise her zaman eşitsizlik ve baskı ürettiğine dair söylem
sorgulanmaktadır. İlk olarak, sekülerlik ve cinsiyeti anlamada yeni alanlar
açmak için ve sekülerliğin evrensellik iddiasını sorgulamak için, sekülerliğin
Avrupa kökenleri ve “din” konseptinin oluşturulma süreci incelenmektedir. Ardından
birbirlerini farklı bağlamlarda yeniden inşa eden sekülerlik ve dini deneyimlerin
çeşitliliği ele alınmıştır. Son olarak da, cinsiyet, cinsellik ve aile
bağlamında, seküler ve dini olanın somutlaşma şekillerinin, seküler ve dini
ayırımlarını anlamada önemli bir husus olduğu tartışılmıştır.

Keywords

Sekülerizm, Din, Modernite, Cinsiyet, Evrensellik

Assumptions on Gender Equality in the Narrative of Secularism

Abstract

Secularism, which is central to the Enlightenment narrative,
promises liberation, freedom, emancipation, and progress to humanity. At the
same time, the narrative of secularism poses religion as its antithesis, which brings dogmatism,
fundamentalism, and violence. In this
project, I read secularism closely in various contexts from a gender and
sexuality perspective and question the assumption that secularism always
provides a progress for gender equality, whereas religion always produces
inequality and oppression. To open up new ways of understanding secularism and
gender, I firstly question the so-called universality of secularism by addressing
the European origin of secularism and the concept of religion. Then, I address
the diversity of secular and religious experiences which reconstruct each other
in various contexts. Finally, I argue that the embodiment of secular or
religious in terms of gender, sexuality and
family is an important matter for the understanding of the division between religious
and secular. 

Keywords

Modernity, Secularism, Religion, Gender, Universalism

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