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The Politics of Our Selves: Power, Autonomy, and Gender in Contemporary Critical Theory
Amy Allen
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Description for The Politics of Our Selves: Power, Autonomy, and Gender in Contemporary Critical Theory
Paperback. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
Some critical theorists understand the self as constituted by power relations, while others insist upon the self's autonomous capacities for critical reflection and deliberate self-transformation. Up to now, it has all too often been assumed that these two understandings of the self are incompatible. In her bold new book, Amy Allen argues that the capacity for autonomy is rooted in the very power relations that constitute the self. Allen's theoretical framework illuminates both aspects of what she calls, following Foucault, the politics of our selves. It analyzes power in all its depth and complexity, including the complicated phenomenon ... Read more
Some critical theorists understand the self as constituted by power relations, while others insist upon the self's autonomous capacities for critical reflection and deliberate self-transformation. Up to now, it has all too often been assumed that these two understandings of the self are incompatible. In her bold new book, Amy Allen argues that the capacity for autonomy is rooted in the very power relations that constitute the self. Allen's theoretical framework illuminates both aspects of what she calls, following Foucault, the politics of our selves. It analyzes power in all its depth and complexity, including the complicated phenomenon ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
New Directions in Critical Theory
Condition
New
Weight
396g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231136235
SKU
V9780231136235
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About Amy Allen
Amy Allen is Liberal Arts Research Professor and Head of the Philosophy Department at the Pennsylvania State University. She is also the author of The Power of Feminist Theory: Domination, Resistance, Solidarity.
Reviews for The Politics of Our Selves: Power, Autonomy, and Gender in Contemporary Critical Theory
Scholars will find this book an interesting read.
Kristina Grob Feminist Review Blog Persuasive and well-reasoned
J. Jeremy Wisnewski Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews This admirable book provides incredibly clear and lucid readings of texts that students find notoriously difficult... Highly recommended. Choice Nuanced and careful readings of Foucault, Butler, Habermas and Benhabib.
Margaret A. McLaren Foucault Studies ... Read more
Kristina Grob Feminist Review Blog Persuasive and well-reasoned
J. Jeremy Wisnewski Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews This admirable book provides incredibly clear and lucid readings of texts that students find notoriously difficult... Highly recommended. Choice Nuanced and careful readings of Foucault, Butler, Habermas and Benhabib.
Margaret A. McLaren Foucault Studies ... Read more