The politics of our selves
Subtitle: power, autonomy, and gender in contemporary critical theory
By: Amy Allen.
Series: New directions in critical theory
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780231136228; 9780231509848
Subjects: Self (Philosophy); Feminist theory; Critical theory
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the politics of our selves; title: Foucault, subjectivity, and the enlightenment : a critical reappraisal; title: The impurity of practical reason : power and autonomy in Foucault; title: Dependency, subordination, and recognition : Butler on subjection; title: Empowering the lifeworld? autonomy and power in Habermas; title: Contextualizing critical theory; title: Engendering critical theory.