McLaren Feminism, Foucault, and Embodied Subjectivity

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8793-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy

Argues that Foucault's work employs a conception of subjectivity that is well-suited for feminist theory and politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McLaren, Margaret A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
1. The Feminism and Foucault Debate: Stakes, Issues, Positions
2. Foucault, Feminism, and Norms
Postmodernism and Politics
Feminist Critics
Genealogy As Critique
Problems With Power
Foucault's Skepticism
Conclusion: Foucault and Feminist Resistance
3. Foucault and the Subject of Feminism
Feminist Critics
Foucault's Challenge to Subjectivity
Foucault's Refusal
Foucault's Genealogy of the Subject
Aesthetics of Existence: Life as a Work of Art
The Relational Feminist Subject
Conclusion
4. Foucault and the Body: A Feminist Reappraisal
Foucault's Body
Feminist Extenders: Disciplinary Practices and the Feminine Body
A Foucauldian Feminist Criticism of Foucault's Body
Feminist Resistance to the Deployment of Sexuality
Conclusion
5. Identity Politics: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
Identity Politics
Foucault on Identity
Postmodern Criticisms of Identity Politics
Herculine Barbin and the Sexed Body
Bisexuality: Identity and Politics
Conclusion
6. Practices of the Self: From Self-transformation to Social Transformation
Foucault's Technologies of the Self
Self-Writing
Parrhesia (Truth telling)
Consciousness-Raising
Conclusion
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Margaret A. McLaren is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Coordinator of Women's Studies at Rollins College.