Up Against Foucault (eBook, PDF)

Explorations of Some Tensions Between Foucault and Feminism
Redaktion: Ramazanoglu, Caroline

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

"Up Against Foucault" offers both a feminist critique of Foucauldian theories as well as an attempt to reconcile these seemingly irreconcilable perspectives. Feminists are often "up against Foucault" because he questions key conclusions in feminism regarding the nature of gender relations, and men's possession of power. This book, however, fills the gap in literature about Foucault by showing how his theories of sexuality and power relations are often applicable to the everyday realities of women's lives.
Drawing upon their diverse backgrounds in social theory and philosophy, the contributors discuss the ways in which Foucault provokes feminists into questioning their grasp of power relations, and examines the implications of his decision to overlook categories of gender in his discussion of sexuality and power relations.
They also show that in spite of his lack of interest in gender, Foucault's ways of understanding the control of women and female sexuality ultimately have much to offer feminism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134943296
• Artikelnr.: 43071783

Autorenporträt

Caroline Ramazanoglu

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on contributors
1 Introduction
Part I Reflections on the value of Foucault's arguments for feminism
Part II Identity
difference and power
Part III Bodies and pleasures: power and resistance
Name index
Subject index