Feminism and the Final Foucault by Karen Vintges (English) Paperback Book

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A new approach to feminism

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Feminism and the Final Foucault is the first systematic offering of contemporary, international feminist perspectives on the later work of philosopher Michel Foucault. Rather than simply debating the merits or limitations of Foucault's later work, the essays in this collection examine women's historical self-practices, conceive of feminism as a shared ethos, and consider the political significance of this conceptualization in order to elucidate, experiment with, and put into practice the conceptual "tools" that Foucault offers for feminist ethics and politics. The volume illustrates the ways in which Foucault's later thinking on ethics as "care of the self" can reintroduce a number of issues and themes that feminists jettisoned in the wake of postmodernism, including consciousness raising, feminist therapy, the subject woman, identity politics, and feminist agency. Taken as a whole, the diversity of feminist viewpoints presented provide important new insights into "the final Foucault," and thus serve as a productive intervention in current Foucault scholarship.

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A new approach to feminism

Table of Contents

Part 1 Women's self-practices as ethos: Historical perspectives Part 2 Feminism as ethos Part 3 Feminist ethos as politics

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Feminism and the Final Foucault is the first systematic offering of contemporary, international feminist perspectives on the later work of philosopher Michel Foucault. Rather than simply debating the merits or limitations of Foucault's later work, the essays in this collection examine women's historical self-practices, conceive of feminism as a shared ethos, and consider the political significance of this conceptualization in order to elucidate, experiment with, and put into practice the conceptual ''tools'' that Foucault offers for feminist ethics and politics. The volume illustrates the ways in which Foucault's later thinking on ethics as ''care of the self'' can reintroduce a number of issues and themes that feminists jettisoned in the wake of postmodernism, including consciousness raising, feminist therapy, the subject woman, identity politics, and feminist agency. Taken as a whole, the diversity of feminist viewpoints presented provide important new insights into ''the final Foucault,'' and thus serve as a productive intervention in current Foucault scholarship.

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Details ISBN0252071824 Short Title FEMINISM & THE FINAL FOUCAULT Publisher University of Illinois Press Language English ISBN-10 0252071824 ISBN-13 9780252071829 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2004 Author Dianna Taylor Imprint University of Illinois Press Country of Publication United States Edited by Karen Vintges Place of Publication Baltimore Pages 320 DOI 10.1604/9780252071829 UK Release Date 2004-07-30 NZ Release Date 2004-07-30 US Release Date 2004-07-30 Publication Date 2004-07-30 Alternative 9780252029271 DEWEY 305.4201 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2004-07-14 We've got this

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