Keywords
Patriarchy
Feminist Movements
Capitalist State
Foucauldian Analysis
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Abstract
We live in a world of change. Feminist discourse over the past few decades has uncovered significant new avenues and directions of analysis, using methods and ideas of thinkers that we normally would not have thought, to fit in the discourse before. The richness and variety of feminisms is impressive but at most times, overwhelming. Foucault has been one such thinker, whose ideas have been at the center of feminist arguments. Recent discussions on Foucault and his position vis-à-vis feminism have yielded two major camps of thinkers; a camp which sees Foucault and his theories as incongruent with feminist thought and the other, which perceives that the Foucauldian discourse is compatible with feminist theory. Such a plethora of varying responses to Foucault from the feminists might be due to the fact he was a transdisciplinary figure; engaged in a number of disciplines, interpreted and misinterpreted competently by countless schools and disciplines. The idea of "disciplinary power" is one of the most explored Foucauldian conceptions and recent developments have highlighted the application of the concept in feminist discourse as well.
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