Most importantly, it calls for a transformative political imagination that can dismantle authoritarian populist logic and build pathways toward social justice.
This can be useful for anyone working on #gender, #populism, political imaginations, #socialjustice #genderedviolence, and #antigenderism.

I explicate how gender-based needs are held hostage by paternalistic social policies, and how masculinist entrenchment normalises punitive violence under the guise of masculinist protection.

I argue that authoritarian populism as a political imagination not only operates through its polarising logic but also paralyses thought processes for alternative imaginations and entraps people in its mind-confusing maze, which I reveal as #slowviolence

I introduce a nuanced analytical framework that explores gendered violence, anti-gender politics, and authoritarian populism through a relational lens - not as isolated issues, but as deeply intertwined forces shaping everyday life.

I identify the challenges of engaging men in resisting this top-down anti-genderism as #slowviolence, using the forms of slow violence we developed back in 2023: doi.org/10.1057/s415...

I deploy the #capabilities approach through continuum thinking for a more comprehensive understanding of gendered violence within top-down #anti-gender politics in #Turkey, building on the concept of 'masculinist entrenchment' we published last year: doi.org/10.1016/j.ws...

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Unfortunately, it is under embargo right now, but I can send a version in a dm.

Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1332/1478...

There is a need to embrace discomfort and build spaces for intersubjective dialogue. I believe the ongoing democratic resistance in Turkey can facilitate (intersubjective) recognition between different contexts, which can pave the way for alternative political imaginations across the globe.

Using Turkey as a case study, I show how authoritarian populism operates and how public resistance demonstrates the potential for alternative political imaginations.