Beyond Identity Politics: Feminism, Power and Politics

Acknowledging the processual nature of subjectivity does not entail the demise of feminist politics, says Lloyd, though it has a number of far-reaching implications for feminism. She suggests that it problematizes feminism's assumption that it requires a stable subject in order to justify and ground its politics; that recognizing the subject as politically invested opens up rather than impedes political engagement; and that key ideas such as agency, power, and domination take on a new shape as a consequence of this radical rethinking of the subject-politics relation. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR