Critical Theory and Feminism

Critical Theory and Feminism – this title examines the tense relationship between two theoretical paradigms that both stand for emancipation from sociological, philosophical and psychoanalytical perspectives. The contributions, by Regina Becker-Schmidt, Rahel Jaeggi, Sarah Speck and Barbara Umrath among others, deal with questions of subjectivity and identity, ideology and discrimination as well as labour and corporeality. On the one hand, they tie in with past debates and, on the other, illuminate new aspects of a feminist critical theory.

»Critical Theory and Feminism meticulously explores the intersections as well as the differences of critical theory and feminism. In four chapters … both the tensions between feminist theory and moral universalism, critical feminist perspectives on production and reproduction, and the dispute over the relationship between identity, subject and difference, as well as psychoanalytic perspectives on gendering and domination are negotiated at the highest level.« Micha Brumlik, taz am wochenende

»... the book [provides] a good introduction and overview. ... One of the strengths of the anthology lies in the fact that ... it juxtaposes well-known texts with new ones and, through this proximity, enables numerous critical-feminist connections to be made.« Sandra Sieron, Soziopolis