Subjectivity, Gender and the Struggle for Recognition [electronic resource] /
McQueen, P.author.
In this book Paddy McQueen examines the role that 'recognition' plays in our struggles to construct an identity and to make sense of ourselves as gendered beings. It analyses how such struggles for gender recognition are shaped by social discourses and power relations, and considers how feminism can best respond to these issues.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I The importance and the problem of recognition; II The subject in philosophy and politics; III The philosophy and politics of recognition; IV Feminism and the politics of gender; V The overall structure and arguments of the book; 1 The Politics of Recognition; I Defining 'recognition'; II Charles Taylor and the politics of multiculturalism; III Axel Honneth and the struggle for recognition; IV The recognition-redistribution debate; V The deficit model of recognition: some initial concerns
2 The Importance of Hegelian RecognitionI The Cartesian subject and authoritative self-knowledge; II Kant, Fichte and the turn toward recognition; III Hegel: self-certainty, freedom and recognition; IV Interpreting the master-slave dialectic: inescapable struggle or mutual authorisation?; V How Other is the Other? Lévinas and the limits of recognition; 3 Situating the Subject: Identity, Power and Recognition; I Hegel and Arendt on interpreting identity; II Becoming as perpetual over-coming? The Nietzschean critique of the subject; III Subject to recognition: power, identity and agency
IV Reimagining the subject: feminist figurations of the self4 'Ain't I a Woman?' Feminist Theory and the Politics of Recognition; I Recognition in consciousness-raising and radical feminisms; II Breaking the universalist paradigm: the development of a standpoint; III Recognition, experience and solidarity; IV Rethinking gender: Judith Butler's politics of the performative; V Butler on recognition and power; 5 Recognising Transgender Identities: Narratives and Politics of the Gendered Self; I The meaning and importance of transgender identities; II Transsexual controversies
III Diagnosing transsexualityIV Re-reading transsexuality: sites of power, performativity and recognition; V The recognition and erasure of deviant gender identities; VI Legal recognition and the regulation of identity; 6 Recognition, Queer Politics and a Liveable Life; I The meaning of a liveable life; II Recognising and working on oneself; III Recognition and the politics of 'coming out'; IV Recognition, gender and queer politics; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this book Paddy McQueen examines the role that 'recognition' plays in our struggles to construct an identity and to make sense of ourselves as gendered beings. It analyses how such struggles for gender recognition are shaped by social discourses and power relations, and considers how feminism can best respond to these issues.
Feminist theory.
Political science.
Political philosophy.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
World politics.
Feminism.
Political Science.
Political Philosophy.
Social Philosophy.
Political History.