ISBN:
9780429495939
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 150 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Feminist theory and politics
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Allen, Amy Power of feminist theory
DDC:
305.42/01
Keywords:
Feminist theory
;
Power (Social sciences)
;
Feminist theory
;
Power Social sciences
;
Feminismus
;
Theorie
;
Macht
Abstract:
Power is clearly a crucial concept for feminist theory. Insofar as feminists are interested in analyzing power, it is because they have an interest in understanding, critiquing, and ultimately challenging the multiple array of unjust power relations affecting women in contemporary Western societies, including sexism, racism, heterosexism, and class oppression.In The Power of Feminist Theory, Amy Allen diagnoses the inadequacies of previous feminist conceptions of power, and draws on the work of a diverse group of theorists of power, including Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, and Hannah Arendt, in order to construct a new feminist conception of power. The conception of power developed in this book enables readers to theorize domination, resistance, and solidarity, and, perhaps more importantly, to do so in a way that illuminates the interrelatedness of these three modalities of power.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-145) and index
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780429495939/power-feminist-theory-amy-allen
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780429495939/power-feminist-theory-amy-allen
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