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1、GenderandEducationVol.18,No.3,May2006,pp.309–324Theproblemofagencyinfeminism:acriticalrealistapproachSueClegg*SheffieldHallamUniversity,UKTaylorandFrancisLtdCGEE_A_166762.sgm10.1080/09540250600667892GenderandEducation0954-0253(print)/1360-0516(online)OriginalArticle2006Taylor&FrancisLtd183000000Ma
2、y2006SueCleggs.clegg@shu.ac.ukInarecentpaper,membersfromtheLondonFeministSalonCollectivereflectedonthevexedproblemofagencyinpoststructuralisttheoryandasked,‘asfeministeducationalresearchers,wheredowegofromhere?’Theissueremainspressingasagency,bothindividualandcollective,isattheheartofthefeminist,a
3、ndindeed,allradicalpoliticalprojects.Theattractionsofpoststructuralisttheorizingformanyfeministshasbeenitsdecisivebreakwithlogocentrism.However,fromthe1980sonwards,feministswerepointingtotheproblemspoststructuralismpresentedintheorizingthenatureofagency.InthispaperIwillarguethatweshouldadoptadiffe
4、renttheoreticalstartingpoint.DrawingheavilyontheworkofMargaretArcher,Iwillarguethatcriticalrealismhasmuchtooffertheoriesofpoliticalaction.Whileacknowledgingtheenormouscontributionoffeministscholarsworkingwithinapoststructuralistparadigm,Iwillarguethattheepistemologicalandontologicalassumptionsatth
5、eheartofpoststructuralisttheoryrenderitincapableofprovidingaframeworkforwhatArchercallstheenchantmentofbeinghuman.Thisenchantment,andtherichresourcesofaconceptualizationofagencybasedontheprimacyofpractice,providesastrongerbasisfortheorizingfeministresearch,practiceandbeing.IntroductionThethemesIwi
6、shtoaddressinthispaperwereraisedintheaccountofthediscussionoftheproblematizationofagencywhichtookplaceundertheauspicesoftheLondonFeministSalonCollective(2004).Thepaperrepresents,therefore,abelatedresponsetotheirinvitationtodialogue.Thecentralthemesoftheirdiscussionaboutpoststructuralism,1selfhood,
7、agencyandhowtheoreticalconcernsrelatetothepracticalpoliticsofactingcollectivelybothinsideandoutsidetheacademyresonatewithmyownconcerns.However,partlynodoubtasaresultofmyownpersonalandpoliticalbiography(Clegg,2003
