Sacrificial Logics
Feminist Theory and the Critique of Identity
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Allison Weir | ISBN: | 9781317959182 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | July 16, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Allison Weir |
| ISBN: | 9781317959182 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | July 16, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
