Abstract
The Syrian Civil War has profoundly impacted many people, particularly those who have been displaced. Women, often rendered invisible, find that their voices are inadequately recognized as relevant in various contexts. However, women in the Middle East have transformed their bodies into intrinsic values to communicate with the external world. This paper analytically investigates why women’s bodies hold intrinsic value in expressing the concept of autonomy. I argue that republican political philosophy has a notable shortcoming in acknowledging the body as an interactive sphere of autonomy. On one hand, republican political philosophy recognizes the significance of the body; on the other hand, it deprioritizes the value of bodily integrity in favor of non-domination. This challenge can be addressed by prioritizing the body to justify autonomy. The views discussed include those of Forst, Pettit, and Pallikkathayil. The "Freedom Portrait" serves as a case study to emphasize the importance of prioritizing the body in this justification. In contrast to Forst’s conception of republican autonomy, I aim to highlight Pallikkathayil's strongest objections to the Kantian attachment to bodily rights, which she refers to as the “assurance” and “adjudication” problems. A key insight from this analysis is that as long as there is any constraint on the value of bodily integrity in favor of non-domination, the republican account of autonomy is unconvincing. This insight is crucial for revealing specific types of alternative voices as performative action not only as a dimension of politics but also art.
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Tuğba Gülal, Istanbul Aydın University, Turkey
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Conference: KAMC2024
Stream: Politics and Philosophy
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Gülal T. (2024) Body as an Intrinsic Value of Communication ISSN: 2436-0503 – The Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture 2024: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 139-144) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2436-0503.2024.13
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2436-0503.2024.13
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