Philosophical Feminism in Spain: An Interview with Celia Amorós

Abstract

Celia Amorós is the major contributing feminist philosopher of the Enlightenment in Spain. Not only because of her research about the correlation of theoretical and practical feminism, but also because of her mapping of actual feminism, its main aims and projects. Together with Amelia Valcárcel, Amorós is also one of the main feminists of equality, since she traces the goals of feminism as an enlightened, freeing and radical movement. Along this interview, main contemporary key issues —as globalization, multiculturalism, equality policy or the alliance of the civilizations— are explored from her feminist contribution. It is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the contributions of feminism to these subjects. In addition, the working out of local feminisms plays a key role in global women’s emancipation in an attempt of avoiding the suffering from several major drawbacks.