TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating the concept of political masculinity/ies
T2 - a simple idea or a case of too many ideas?
AU - Hearn, Jeff
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© European Conference on Politics and Gender and Bristol University Press 2024.
PY - 2024/9/1
Y1 - 2024/9/1
N2 - This article critically interrogates and evaluates the concept of political masculinities as part of enhancing dialogue between political science and critical studies on men and masculinities. It discusses what counts as masculinity, what counts as political and how they connect. The connections are all too clear in mainstream politics, not only in populist, authoritarian, ethno-nationalist and militaristic politics but also in democratic, socialist and various activist politics. The evaluation of the concept of political masculinities is conducted by asking three main questions: how does the concept add to, complement or contradict existing and established external concepts and theories? How is the concept constructed internally, and with what structure, elements and interrelations? And how can the application of the concept be possibly extended into fields beyond those usually recognized and labelled explicitly as specifically political fields, including the politics of the everyday and the politics of multiple global crises?.
AB - This article critically interrogates and evaluates the concept of political masculinities as part of enhancing dialogue between political science and critical studies on men and masculinities. It discusses what counts as masculinity, what counts as political and how they connect. The connections are all too clear in mainstream politics, not only in populist, authoritarian, ethno-nationalist and militaristic politics but also in democratic, socialist and various activist politics. The evaluation of the concept of political masculinities is conducted by asking three main questions: how does the concept add to, complement or contradict existing and established external concepts and theories? How is the concept constructed internally, and with what structure, elements and interrelations? And how can the application of the concept be possibly extended into fields beyond those usually recognized and labelled explicitly as specifically political fields, including the politics of the everyday and the politics of multiple global crises?.
KW - conceptualization
KW - critical studies on men and masculinities
KW - evaluation
KW - masculinities
KW - masculinity
KW - political masculinity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85205459211&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1332/25151088Y2023D000000021
DO - 10.1332/25151088Y2023D000000021
M3 - Article
VL - 7
SP - 326
EP - 344
JO - European Journal of Politics and Gender
JF - European Journal of Politics and Gender
SN - 2515-1088
IS - 3
ER -