What is protest? Feminism, psychoanalysis and methods of social change. Issue 3 (15th April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hansen, Marie
• Is Part Of: Gender and education. Volume 28:Issue 3(2016)
• Page Start: 484
• Page End: 489
• Publication Date: 2016-04-15
• Subjects: Psychoanalysis -- activism -- feminism -- protest -- Kristeva -- third-wave; Sex discrimination in education -- Periodicals; Sex role -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Women -- Education -- Periodicals; Discrimination sexuelle en éducation -- Périodiques; Rôle selon le sexe -- Périodiques; Femmes -- Éducation -- Périodiques; 379.26
• DOI: 10.1080/09540253.2016.1166181
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0954-0253

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Despite the fact that feminism has recognised psychoanalysis to be a theory with direct application to the understanding of sexism for over 50 years, the application of psychoanalytic thinking to feminist activism has yet to be significantly realised. Using the work of Julia Kristeva, sexism is described as a symptom of an intolerable situation and overt forms of activism, such as street protest, that are critiqued as making demands on their subject. The third-wave tendency for deconstruction is examined as having direct implications to a concept of psychoanalytically informed activism.