"Endlose Transaktionen". Eine hegemonietheoretische Aneignung Foucaults und deren Nutzen fur die feministische Staatstheorie

In: Prokla: Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialwissenschaft, Volume 38, Issue 2, p. 271-288

Abstract

What is the use of appropriating Foucault's studies of governmentality out of a Gramscian perspective for a feminist state theory? In order to give an answer to this question we suggest four aspects of convergence between Gramsci's theory of hegemony & Foucault's studies of gouvernementality. In doing so, we also argue that Foucault's approach to state/power can be interpreted within a materialist state theory. In a second step we discuss how these aspects can be used for a feminist materialistic approach to the state in order to explain both, how state structures are gendered & how the state governs gender & gender relations. References. Adapted from the source document.