Intersectionality, identity and articulation: towards aggregation politics

Abstract

The advancement of liberal neo-conservatism is threatening the conquests of social and civil rights in a context of economic crisis. The incorporation of identity-politics in conservative discourses, in times of progressive individualisation and social fragmentation, hinders the articulation of an emancipatory response to the social needs of redistribution and recognition. This contribution analyses the mobilising and politicising potential of intersectionality as an articulatory foundation that recognizes differences. Starting from the decentering of identity, the paper explores three figurations: assemblages, mundo zurdo, and the politics of the multiple. These figurations provide articulatory metaphors while recognising differences, complexity, uniqueness and multiplicity.

Keywords

• interseccionalidad
• políticas de identidad
• articulación
• figuraciones
• desigualdades