Feminism, Foucault, and Embodied Subjectivity

Addressing central questions in the debate about Foucault's usefulness for politics, including his rejection of universal norms, his conception of power and power-knowledge, his seemingly contradictory position on subjectivity and his resistance to using identity as a political category, McLaren argues that Foucault employs a conception of embodied subjectivity that is well-suited for feminism. She applies Foucault's notion of practices of the self to contemporary feminist practices, such as consciousness-raising and autobiography, and concludes that the connection between self-transformation and social transformation that Foucault theorizes as the connection between subjectivity and institutional and social norms is crucial for contemporary feminist theory and politics.

Author: Margaret A. McLaren
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 10/10/2002
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.02w x 0.53d
ISBN: 9780791455142

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

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