书名: Foucault and Feminism: Power, Gender and the Self
作者: Lois Mcnay (Author)
出版社: Polity Press / Blackwell Publishers (1992)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0745609392
ISBN-13: 978-0745609393
Book Description
This book offers a systematic attempt to explore the point of convergance between feminist theory and the work of Michel Foucault.
- This text is one of the first systematic attempts to explore the points of convergence between feminist theory and the work of Michel Foucault.
- Addressing some of the most important issues in feminist theory and contemporary social thought it will quickly become the established text in the area.
- Extremely clear and well argued the book is certain to be very well received.
“This is yet another addition to a growing body of literature on the French theorist that includes Jana Sawicki's Discipling the Body: Feminism, Power and the Body (Routledge, 1991), James Miller's The Passion of Michel Foucault ( LJ 1/93), Irene Diamond and Lee Quinby's Feminism and Foucault (Northeastern Univ. Pr., 1988), and Didier Eribon's Michel Foucault (Harvard Univ. Pr., 1991). Arguing against critics who believe that Foucault's notion of docile bodies is inadequate for feminist theory, McNay contends that the ethics of the self that emerges from Foucault's later work offers clear convergence between Foucauldian and feminist thought. McNay's detailed argument is often obscured by repetition and awkward writing, but her book offers an important counterpoint to feminist criticism of Foucault. The author, a research fellow at St. John's College, Oxford, has also provided a valuable bibliography. This book is recommended for academic libraries with large collections in critical theory.” - Henry L. Carrigan Jr., Westerville P.L., Ohio
'Thought-provoking account.' Times Higher Education Supplement
'Lois McNay has produced an attractively clear and critical account of how feminists might use Foucault's last works.' Sociology
'It offers a clearly written and thorough, critical survey of Foucault's last publications. This, in turn, is balanced by a wide-ranging and equally critically review of recent developments within contemporary feminist ethical theory. It is well worth the read!!' Women's Philosophy Review
'This is an excellent book, lucid, carefully argued, sympathetically critical and a great pleasure to read.' Jeffrey Weeks, South Bank University
About the Author
Lois McNay is the author of Foucault and Feminism: Power, Gender and the Self, published by Wiley.
