Research Catalog

Title

Subjectivity, gender and the struggle for recognition / Paddy McQueen.

Author

McQueen, Paddy, 1983-

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

ix, 219 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"Subjectivity, Gender and the Struggle for Recognition examines the significance of 'recognition' for contemporary philosophy and political theory. It reveals the role played by recognition in the construction of our individual and collective identities through an exploration of European philosophy and feminist theory, incorporating thinkers ranging from Hegel and Heidegger to Michel Foucault and Judith Butler. Focusing on gender, it highlights how interpersonal and institutional forms of recognition are influenced by power and discourse, and considers the impact this has on our capacity to shape our gender identities. Arguing for an ambivalent account of recognition based upon a post-structuralist theory of the subject, it challenges contemporary recognition theorists such as Charles Taylor and Axel Honneth for failing to acknowledge the extent to which recognition can regulate and normalise behaviour. This book insightfully charts both the importance and challenges of making sense of oneself as a socially-recognisable being. "--

Subjects

• Gender expression
• Feminist theory
• Recognition (Philosophy)
• Political science > Philosophy
• Subjectivity
• Sex role

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-216) and index.

Contents

Introduction: The importance and the problem of recognition; The subject in philosophy and politics; The philosophy and politics of recognition; Feminism and the politics of gender; The overall structure and arguments of the book -- 1. The Politics of Recognition: Defining recognition; Charles Taylor and the politics of multiculturalism; Axel Honneth and the struggle for recognition; The recognition-redistribution debate; The deficit model of recognition: some initial concerns -- 2. The Importance of Hegelian Recognition: The Cartesian subject and authoritative self-knowledge; Kant, Fichte and the turn toward recognition; Hegel: self-certainty, freedom and recognition; Interpretating the master-slave dialectic: inescapable struggle or mutual authorisation?; How other is the other? Lévinas and the limtis of recognition -- 3. Situating the Subject: Identity, Power and Recognition: Hegel and Arendt on interpreting identity; Becoming as perpetual over-coming? the Nietzschean critique of the subject; Subject to recognition: power, identity and agency; Reimagining the subject: feminist figurations of the self -- 4. 'Ain't I a Woman?' Feminist Theory and the Politics of Recognition: Recognition in consciousness-raising and radical feminisms; Breaking the universalist paradigm: the development of a standpoint; Recognition, experience and solidarity; Rethinking gender: Judith Butler's politics of the performative; Butler on recognition and power -- 5. Recognising Transgender Identities: Narratives and Politics of the Gendered Self: The meaning and importance of fransgender identities; Transsexual controversies; Diagnosing rranssexuality; Re-reading transsexuality: sites of power, performativity and recognition; The recognition and erasure of deviant gender identities; Legal recognition and the regulation of identity -- 6. Recognition, Queer Politics and a Liveable Life: The meaning of a liveable life; Recognising and working on oneself; Recognition and the politics of 'coming out'; Recognition, gender and queer politics.

Call Number

JFD 15-220

ISBN

• 9781137425980
• 1137425989

LCCN

2014037982

OCLC

887848225

Author

McQueen, Paddy, 1983- author.

Title

Subjectivity, gender and the struggle for recognition / Paddy McQueen.

Publisher

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-216) and index.

Research Call Number

JFD 15-220