The Politics of Presence Revisited

The Politics of Presence Revisited

Abstract Almost three decades after its first publication, Anne Phillips reflects on the Politics of Presence in the context of contemporary developments from #MeToo to Black Lives Matter. Granting the importance of a contingent and intersectional understanding of presence, she reemphasizes the nece...

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Published in:Democratic theory (Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)) Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 80 - 89
Main Authors: Phillips, Anne, Asenbaum, Hans
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Berghahn Books, Inc 01-12-2023
Subjects:
Black Lives Matter movement
Equality
Essentialism
Feminism
Feminist theory
Intersectionality
Politics
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Summary:Abstract Almost three decades after its first publication, Anne Phillips reflects on the Politics of Presence in the context of contemporary developments from #MeToo to Black Lives Matter. Granting the importance of a contingent and intersectional understanding of presence, she reemphasizes the necessity of descriptive representation. Phillips reflects on questions of anonymity, essentialism, the multiple self, unconditional equality, and the current role of feminist research in democratic theory. She also opens perspectives toward mending the divide between a politics of recognition and a politics of distribution.
ISSN:2332-8894
2332-8908
DOI:10.3167/dt.2023.100208