Feminism and the Subject of Politics

Pages: 1 - 18
Published: Jan 1, 2009
Abstract
For at least the past twenty-five years, feminist theory has been obsessed with the so-called problem of the subject. This problem emerged in the 1980s as a result of the enormous influence of a particular strand of poststructuralist thought on feminism. Inspired by the work of Michel Foucault, in particular by his notion of subjection (assujettisement), a number of feminist theorists began conceptualizing gendered subjects as constituted...
Paper Details
Title
Feminism and the Subject of Politics
Published Date
Jan 1, 2009
Pages
1 - 18
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