Sacrificial Logics

Allison Weir sets forth a concept of identity which depends on an acceptance of nonidentity, difference, and connection to others, defined as a capacity to participate in a social world. Weir argues that the equation of identity with repression and domination links "relational feminists" like Nancy Chodorow, who equate self-identity with the repression of connection to others, and poststructuralist feminists like Judith Butler, who view any identity as a repression of nonidentity or difference. Weir traces this conception of identity as domination back to Simone de Beauvoir's theories of the relation of self and other.

Autorentext

Allison Weir

Inhalt

Introduction; Chapter 1 Self-Identity as Domination; Chapter 2 Separation as Domination; Chapter 3 The Paradox of the Self; Chapter 4 The Subversion of Identity; Chapter 5 From the Subversion of Identity to the Subversion of Solidarity?; Chapter 6 'Resistance Must Finally Be Articulated in a Voice Which Can Be Heard'; Chapter 7 Toward a Theory of Self and Social Identity; conclusion Conclusion;