Patriarchy as Institutional

Bibliographic Data

ID3058476
AuthorsJohan Brännmark (0000-0001-6123-479X, Malmö University, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume7
Issue2
Pages233-254
Publication date2022-01-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social Ontology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2196-9663 • E-ISSN: 2196-9655
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/jso-2021-0033
OpenAlexW4200431076
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited32

In consideringpatriarchyas potentially institutional and as a characteristic also of contemporary Western societies, a fundamental issue concerns how to make sense of largely informal institutions to begin with. Traditional accounts of institutions have often focused on formalized ones. It is argued here, however, that the principal idea behind one commonly accepted conception of institutions can be developed in a way that better facilitates an explication of informal institutions. When applied to the phenomenon of patriarchy, such an approach can then also allow us to ontologically make sense of gray areas and hierarchies of authority, as well as the intersectionality of social positions

Epistemology · Explication · Institution · Intersectionality · Patriarchy · Phenomenon · Social institution · Social science · Sociology · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Philosophy

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