© Columbia University Press
The Politics of Our Selves: Power, Autonomy, and Gender in Contemporary Critical Theory
November, 2007
Cloth, 248 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13622-8
$34.50
/ £24.00
"Scholars will find this book an interesting read." — Kristina Grob, Feminist Review Blog
"Persuasive and well-reasoned" — J. Jeremy Wisnewski, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
"This admirable book provides incredibly clear and lucid readings of texts that students find notoriously difficult . . . Highly recommended." — Choice
"Nuanced and careful readings of Foucault, Butler, Habermas and Benhabib." — Margaret A. McLaren, Foucault Studies
"Can one theorize subjectivity in a way that allows both for the penetrating grip of power and for the self's critical, transformative capacities? So many critical theorists have tried and failed to square this circle that one might despair of the possibility. But Amy Allen's magnificent study gives one new hope. The work of a mature, confident thinker, The Politics of Ourselves combines original readings of Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Jürgen Habermas, and Seyla Benhabib with a constructive account that goes further than any of them in clarifying the autonomy/subjection riddle." — Nancy Fraser, Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Philosophy and Politics, New School for Social Research