Sacrificial Logics: Feminist Theory and the Critique of Identity

by Alison Weir

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415908639
• ISBN13: 9780415908634
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary