Dr Moya Lloyd BA, PhD (Warwick) Research Interests: Contemporary political theory, particularly feminist theory and democratic theory. Courses taught 2004-2005: Political Theory and gender
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Introduction The Subject and Politics Re-Imagining the Feminist Subject Accounting for Specificity and Difference Essentialism - A Risk Worth Taking? Power and Domination Agenda and Resistance The Politics of Critique Politics and Parody Radical Democracy and Inessential Coalitions Conclusion Interrogating The Political
"Lloyd begins by addressing the complex, dynamic, unstable, and messy relationship between subject constitution and politics. She focuses on the space between essentialism and antiessentialism to examine what feminist politics looks like from the perspective of fluid and open identities. Rather than leading to the demise of feminist politics, this approach, she argues, gives ideas about power, domination, agency, and resistance a more powerful ability to critique." -- C. Shrewsbury * CHOICE * "A core addition to academic library Women's Studies and Political Science reference collections, Beyond Identity Politics is very strongly recommended for anyone searching for a grasp of modern gender politics concerning the treatment and perspectives of women in the political arena." -- Wisconsin Bookwatch * The Political Science Shelf *