The Development and Challenges of Judith Butler’s Feminist Theory in China

UDC 141:305(510)

https://doi.org/10.20339/AM.09-22.115                                  

Shaoyun Qin, PhD Student at Philosophy Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University, e-mail: yangwang1222@foxmail.com

Anna A. Kostikova, Cand. Sc. (Philosophy), Associate Professor, Head of Chair, Deputy Dean for Work with Foreign Students at Philosophy Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University

From a historical point of view, the development of modern feminism in China coincides with the modernization and democratization of China, accompanied by the liberation of women. The development of feminism in China can be divided into four stages. In this process, Western feminist theory had an important influence on the development of Chinese feminism. Among them, Butler’s theory has been widely translated and presented in China. However, due to the different cultural genes of China and the West, Butler’s theory also faces problems in China. In this article, we will analyze in detail the specific reasons for this challenge and the direction of development of Chinese feminism.

Key words: Chinese feminism, Western feminist theory, Judith Butler.

References

1. He Chengzhou. Women and the Search for Modernity in China. Edited by He Chengzhou and [US] Wang Lingzhen. Gender, Theory and Culture. Nanjing University Press, 2010. Vol. 1.

2. Zhou Fan and Li Huibin (eds.). Post-Marxism. Beijing: Central Compilation Press, 2007.

3. Du Fangqin and Wang Xianxian (eds.) Women and Gender Studies in China (1987–2003). Tianjin: Tianjin People’s Publishing House, 2003.

4. Zhang Jiang. Identification of some problems of contemporary Western literary theory and the reconstruction of Chinese literary theory. Chinese Social Sciences. 2014. No. 5.

5. Wang Jinling and Lin Weihong. Gender Perspectives: Culture and Society. Beijing, Social Science Literature Publishing House, 2009.

6. Li Yinhe. Selected Contemporary Western Feminist Theories. Beijing: China Women’s Press, 2007.

7. Zhang Jiang. Identification of Some Problems of Contemporary Western Literary Theory One by One and the Reconstruction of Chinese Literary Theory. Chinese Social Sciences. 2014. No. 5. Р. 27.