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Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 2016

Pages: 155-175

ISBN (Hardback): 9783319404264

Full citation:

Kathy Butterworth, "The decentred autonomous subject", in: Identity and difference, Berlin, Springer, 2016

Abstract

According to the post-structuralist critique of the subject, we can no longer properly understand ourselves as a unified, sovereign subject, insofar as the overriding experience we have of ourselves is that of a decentred self, a subject that is constantly in process of becoming. While many feminists support this claim, others argue that endorsing it makes it impossible to develop an account of autonomy or political emancipation.

Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 2016

Pages: 155-175

ISBN (Hardback): 9783319404264

Full citation:

Kathy Butterworth, "The decentred autonomous subject", in: Identity and difference, Berlin, Springer, 2016