LEADER 04134nam 2200685 450 001 9910455135003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-50984-7 024 7 $a10.7312/alle13622 035 $a(CKB)1000000000772071 035 $a(EBL)908266 035 $a(OCoLC)826476676 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000833902 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12426209 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000833902 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10936333 035 $a(PQKB)10998277 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908266 035 $a(DE-B1597)458589 035 $a(OCoLC)979739365 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231509848 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908266 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10976009 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL853681 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000772071 100 $a20141120h20082008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe politics of our selves $epower, autonomy, and gender in contemporary critical theory /$fAmy Allen 210 1$aNew York :$cColumbia University Press,$d2008. 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (420 p.) 225 1 $aNew Directions in Critical Theory 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-13623-4 311 $a0-231-13622-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Introduction -- $t2. Foucault, Subjectivity, and the Enlightenment -- $t3. The Impurity of Practical Reason -- $t4. Dependency, Subordination, and Recognition -- $t5. Empowering the Lifeworld? -- $t6. Contextualizing Critical Theory -- $t7. Engendering Critical Theory -- $tConcluding Reflections -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aSome critical theorists understand the self as constituted by power relations, while others insist upon the self's autonomous capacities for critical reflection and deliberate self-transformation. Up to now, it has all too often been assumed that these two understandings of the self are incompatible. In her bold new book, Amy Allen argues that the capacity for autonomy is rooted in the very power relations that constitute the self. Allen's theoretical framework illuminates both aspects of what she calls, following Foucault, the "politics of our selves." It analyzes power in all its depth and complexity, including the complicated phenomenon of subjection, without giving up on the ideal of autonomy. Drawing on original and critical readings of a diverse group of theorists, including Michel Foucault, Jurgen Habermas, Judith Butler, and Seyla Benhabib, Allen shows how the self can be both constituted by power and capable of an autonomous self-constitution. Her argument is a significant and vital contribution to feminist theory and to critical social theory, both of which have long grappled with the relationship between power and agency.If critical theory is to be truly critical, Allen argues, it will have to pay greater attention to the phenomenon of subjection, and will have to think through the challenges that the notion of subjection poses for the critical-theoretical conception of autonomy. In particular, Allen discusses in detail how the normative aspirations of Habermasian critical theory need to be recast in light of Foucault's and Butler's account of subjection. This book is original both in its attempt to think of power and autonomy simultaneously and in its effort to bring the work of Foucault and Habermas into a productive dialogue. 410 0$aNew directions in critical theory. 606 $aSelf (Philosophy) 606 $aFeminist theory 606 $aCritical theory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSelf (Philosophy) 615 0$aFeminist theory. 615 0$aCritical theory. 676 $a126 686 $aCI 1100$2rvk 700 $aAllen$b Amy$01040046 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455135003321 996 $aThe politics of our selves$92462648 997 $aUNINA