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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McQueen, Paddy, 1983- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Recognition (Philosophy).

Gender expression.

Sex role.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Feminist theory.

Subjectivity.

Physical Description:

ix, 219 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

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

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. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Contents

1. Introduction

2. The Importance of Recognition

3. The Subject in Philosophy and Politics

4. The Philosophy and Politics of Recognition

5. Feminism and the Politics of Gender

6. The Overall Structure and Arguments of the Book

PART I: THE POLITICS OF RECOGNITION

7. Defining Recognition

8. Charles Taylor and the Politics of Recognition

9. Axel Honneth and the Struggle for Recognition

10. The Recognition-Redistribution Debate

11. The Deficit Model of Recognition: Some Initial Concerns

PART II: THE IMPORTANCE OF HEGELIAN RECOGNITION

12. The Cartesian Subject and Authoritative Self-Knowledge

13. Kant, Fichte and the Turn Toward Recognition

14. Hegel: Self-Certainty, Freedom and Recognition

15. Interpretating the Master-Slave Dialectic: Inescapable Conflict or Mutual Authorisation?

16. How Other is the Other? Le;vinas and the Limtis of Recognition

PART III: SITUATING THE SUBJECT: IDENTITY, POWER AND RECOGNITION

17. Hegel and Arendt on Interpreting Identity

18. Becoming as Perpetual Over-Coming? The Nietzschean Critique of the Subject

19. Subject to Recognition: Power, Identity and Agency

20. Reimagining the Subject: Feminist Figurations of the Self

PART IV: 'AIN'T I A WOMAN?' FEMINIST THEORY AND THE POLITICS OF RECOGNITION

21. Recognition in Consciousness-Raising and Radical Feminisms

22. Breaking the Universalist Paradigm: The Development of a Standpoint

23. Recognition, Experience and Solidarity

24. Rethinking Gender: Judith Butler's Politics of the Performative

25. Butler on Recognition and Power

PART V: RECOGNITION TRANSGENDER IDENTITIES: NARRATIVES AND POLITICS OF THE GENDERED SELF

26. The Meaning and Importance of Transgender Identities

27. Transsexual Controversies

28. Diagnosing Transsexuality

29. Re-Reading Transsexuality: Sites of Power, Performativity and Recognition

30. The Recognition and Erasure of Deviant Gender Identities

31. Legal Recognition and the Regulation of Identity

PART VI: RECOGNITION, QUEER POLITICS AND A LIVEABLE LIFE

32. The Meaning of a Liveable Life

33. Recognising and Working on Oneself

34. Recognition and the Politics of 'Coming Out'

35. Recognition, Gender and Queer Politics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137425980

1137425989

OCLC:

887848225