An Essay on Feminist Thinking in Russia: To Be Born a Feminist

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Alexander Kondakov

European University at St. Petersburg; Center for Independent Social Research

Date Written: December 20, 2012

Abstract

This paper is based on one particular life history of a Russian feminist. It analyses a narrative biography interview with one of the leading Russian feminist thinkers, Olga Lipovskaya, who was a founder of the Petersburg Centre for Gender Issues and promoted gender equality in Russia. The study examines the current situation of Russian feminist thinking by contextualisation of this biography into a larger scale of political and cultural transformations that have occurred after the fall of the USSR. Firstly, I provide contextual details, in which feminism in its contemporary form in Russia is developing as a political and scientific practice. Secondly, the paper raises problems of the method of narrative interview. Finally, I find common points of this particular life history and the history of the country once known as Soviet Union.

Este artículo está basado en la particular biografía de una feminista rusa. En él se analiza una entrevista biografía narrativa con una de las principales pensadoras feministas rusas, Olga Lipovskaya, una de las fundadoras del Petersburg Centre for Gender Issues y promovió la igualdad de género en Rusia. El estudio analiza la situación actual del pensamiento feminista ruso, contextualizando esta biografía en un marco más amplio de las transformaciones políticas y culturales que se han producido después de la caída de la URSS. En primer lugar, se contextualiza cómo el feminismo ruso contemporáneo se está desarrollando como una práctica política y científica. En segundo lugar, el artículo plantea los problemas del método de la entrevista narrativa. Finalmente, se destacan puntos comunes entre esta biografía particular y la historia del país que en su día se denominó Unión Soviética.

Keywords: Russian feminism, biography interview, gender equality in Russia, Olga Lipovskaya, Feminismo ruso, entrevista biográfica, igualdad de género en Rusia

Suggested Citation

Kondakov, Alexander A. and Kondakov, Alexander A., An Essay on Feminist Thinking in Russia: To Be Born a Feminist (December 20, 2012). Oñati Socio-Legal Series, Vol. 2, No. 7, 2012,, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2195213

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