FOUCAULT’S THEORY OF POWER AND THE CRITIQUE OF THE NOTION OF GENDER

Autor prikazuje Foucaultovu koncepciju moći i njezin utjecaj na metodološku problematiku ženske i rodne povijest. Problematiku ženske povijesti i rodne teorije autor prikazuje na osnovi radova Joan Wallach Scott i Judith Butler. Posebnu pažnju autor daje problematici vezanoj uz razlikovanje i upotrebu pojmova spol i rod. Kritiku upotrebe pojma rod autor objašnjava utjecajem poststrukturalističke teorije identiteta na suvremenu feminističku teoriju.The author explains Foucault’s concepts of power and its influence on methodological problems in women’s and gender history. The author presents the problems in women’s history and gender theory by examining the works of Joan Wallach Scott and Judith Butler. The author focuses on the problems of distinguishing and using the notions sex and gender. The paper explains the critique of the notion of gender by refering to the influence that the post-structural theory of identity has had on contemporary feminist theory