Full Description
Power is clearly a crucial concept for feminist theory. Insofar as feminists are interested in analyzing power, it is because they have an interest in understanding, critiquing, and ultimately challenging the multiple array of unjust power relations affecting women in contemporary Western societies, including sexism, racism, heterosexism, and class
Contents
Introduction -- Feminist Conceptions of Power: A Critical Assessment -- The Genealogy of Power: Michel Foucault -- Power Trouble: Judith Butler's Feminist Genealogy of Power -- The Power of Solidarity: Hannah Arendt -- A Feminist Conception of Power