Oppositional Imagination (Rle Feminist Theory)

<p><em>The Oppositional Imagination</em> draws together elements from Marxism analytical philosophy post-structuralism and post-colonial criticism to analyse the elusive interplay of culture and power. It focuses its attention on cultural domination opposition and evasion in the realm of sex and gender.</p><p>Joan Cocks reflects on questions crucial to both political theorists and feminists: the relationship between political theory and practical life; the possibility of bringing together a philosophical and a literary language to comprehend and evoke concrete experience; and the reconciliation of radical political commitment with an appreciation of shades of grey in the social world. She explores the variety of ways in which power and eroticism intersect; the liberating and tyrannical impulses of marginal cultures; and the place of the loyalist the eccentric the critic the traitor and the rebel in the sexual struggle.</p><p><em>The Oppositional Imagination</em> reaffirms the centrality of political theory and feminist practice while at the same time challenging certain of their key principles in thought-provoking ways.</p>