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Zusatztext Claudia Leeb's Power and Feminist Agency in Capitalism is an original contribution to the fields of feminist, political, and critical theory. Bringing together diverse thinkers with the political urgency to challenge capitalist exploitation, particularly of working-class women, Leeb offers an argument for a novel view of political agency that she names 'the political subject-in-outline.' Informationen zum Autor Claudia Leeb is Assistant Professor in the School of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs at Washington State University, as well as Research Affiliate at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University. Klappentext Power and Feminist Agency in Capitalism develops the idea of the political subject-in-outline to find solutions to the dilemmas inherent in the idea of the political subject, and provide answers to the when, who, how and what of socio-political change. Zusammenfassung Power and Feminist Agency in Capitalism develops the idea of the political subject-in-outline to find solutions to the dilemmas inherent in the idea of the political subject, and provide answers to the when, who, how and what of socio-political change. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Part I: The Subject-in-Outline 2. The When of Socio-Political Transformation: The Moment of the Limit 3. Who Changes the World: The Political Subject in Outline 4. How to Transform the World: Rethinking Theory and Practice 5. What makes us Rebel: Suffering Reconsidered Part II: Applications 6. Rejecting the Politics of (Mis-)Recognition: Butler Revisited 7. The Working-Class Woman and Marx: Biased Constructions 8. Disrupting the Fantasy: Adorno and the Working-Class Woman 9. Conclusion Index
