Poststructuralist Agency : : The Subject in Twentieth-Century Theory / / Gavin Rae.
Does the poststructuralist decentring of the foundational subject permit a coherent account of agency?Analyses poststructuralist thinking on 'the subject' in detail, tying it to the often-ignored question of agencyExpands the scope of ‘poststructuralism’ beyond Deleuze, Derrida, and Foucau...
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| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- Introduction
- Part I Decentring the Subject
- CHAPTER 1 Deleuze, Differential Ontology and Subjectivity
- CHAPTER 2 Derrida’s Différance: Deconstruction and the Sexuality of Subjectivity
- CHAPTER 3 Foucault I: Power and the Subject
- CHAPTER 4 Foucault II: Normativity, Ethics and the Self
- Part II Turning to the Psyche
- CHAPTER 5 Butler on the Subjection of Gendered Agency
- CHAPTER 6 Lacan on the Unconscious Subject: From the Social to the Symbolic
- CHAPTER 7 Kristeva on the Subject of Revolt: The Symbolic and the Semiotic
- CHAPTER 8 Castoriadis, Agency and the Socialised Individual
- Conclusion
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX