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Autonomy and Identity: The Politics of Who We Are

Autonomy and Identity: The Politics of Who We Are

Hague, Ros

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

Women's Studies

ISBN10: 041558468X
ISBN13: 9780415584685
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Mar 24 2011
Pages: 200
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

Autonomy and Identity are key concepts in both political and feminist thought and have played central roles in both fields. Although there has been much academic work on both concepts there has arguably been little that has addressed the connections between autonomy and identity.

Autonomy and Identity seeks to draw innovative links between these concepts in order to develop a new understanding which sees autonomy as a process by which we change and develop our identity. It draws on thinkers from the canon of political thought such as G.W.F. Hegel, Mary Wollstonecraft, J.S. Mill and Simone de Beauvoir and features illustrative examples drawn from a wide range of contemporary issues including pornography, domestic violence and women's citizenship. Hague argues that identity is best understood as changing, multiple, and something we need to take control of ourselves. In order to support this version of identity there needs to be a concept of autonomy which emphasises self-direction to control our identity.

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