Chandra Talpade Mohanty Born : 1955 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Chandra Talpade Mohanty Sisterhood cannot be assumed on the basis of gender; it must be forged in concrete historical and political practice and analysis Chandra Talpade Mohanty sisterhood political practice Define home "not as a comforable, stable, inherited and familiar space, but instead as an imaginative, politically-charged space where the familiarity and sense of affection and commitment lay in shared collective analysis of social injustice as well as a vision for radical transformation" Chandra Talpade Mohanty space home commitment Each of us carries around those growing up places, the institutions, a sort of backdrop, a stage set. So often we act out the present against the backdrop of the past, within a frame of perception that is so familiar, so safe that is is terrifying to risk changing it even when we know our perceptions are distorted, limited, constricted by that old view. Chandra Talpade Mohanty growing-up views past Failure to critique US empire allows feminist projects to be used and mobilized as handmaidens in the imperial project. Chandra Talpade Mohanty empires feminist used I think feminist pedagogy should not simply expose students to a particularized academic scholarship but that it should also envision the possibility of activism and struggle outside the academy. Chandra Talpade Mohanty feminist struggle thinking Angela Davis offers a cartography of engagement in oppositional social movements and unwavering commitment to justice. Chandra Talpade Mohanty engagement justice commitment
