Productive, Relational and Everywhere? Conceptualising Power and Resistance within Foucauldian Feminism

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ID2327491
AutoresD Cooper (0000-0002-1175-433X, autor correspondente)
Ano1994
Volume28
Fascículo2
Páginas435-454
Data de publicação1994-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0038038594028002005
OpenAlexW2044727064
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas42
Referências citadas12

This paper critically explores the ways in which power has been conceptualised within Foucauldian feminism. I focus on two facets within this framework: power as productive and power as relational. Although Foucauldian feminism combines both, tensions between them exist, particularly when it comes to understanding resistance. I argue for the need to focus on a productive or generative paradigm of power which perceives power neutrally as neither inherently oppressive nor liberatory, yet with the capacity to be both. In this way, power can be conceived of as ubiquitous and trans-historical without inhibiting the possibilities for social change

Epistemology · Feminism · Focus (optics) · Generative grammar · Power (physics) · Resistance (ecology) · Sociology · Computer Science · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence