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 oppression.In The Power of Feminist Theory, Amy Allen diagnoses the inadequacies of previous feminist conceptions of power, and draws on the work of a diverse group of theorists of power, including Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, and Hannah Arendt, in order to construct a new feminist conception of power. The conception of power developed in this book enables readers to theorize domination, resistance, and solidarity, and, perhaps more importantly, to do so in a way that illuminates the interrelatedness of these three modalities of power.

About the Author
Amy Allen is assistant professor of philosophy at Dartmouth College. Her articles have appeared in Hypatia,Constellations, and the Journal of Value Inquiry.


Book Information
ISBN 9780813365558
Author Amy Allen
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Westview Press Inc
Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
Weight(grams) 160g