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Amy Allen

Associate Professor of Philosophy
Chair of the Department of Philosophy
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Departments

  • Philosophy
  • Women's and Gender Studies

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Contact Information

Email: amy.r.allen@dartmouth.edu
Phone: 603-646-2827
Office: 6035 Thornton Hall

Education

B.A. Miami University; M.A. Northwestern University; Ph.D. Northwestern University

Areas of Expertise

20th-century continental philosophy, feminist theory, socio-political philosophy; critical social theory

Selected Works

  • "Dependency, Subordination, and Recognition: On Judith Butler's Theory of Subjection," Continental Philosphy Review, (2006).
  • "Feminist Perspectives on Power," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, http://plato.stanford.edu/ (October 2005).
  • "Foucault, Feminism and the Self: The Politics of Personal Transformation," in Feminism and the Final Foucault, D Taylor and K Vintges (eds.), (2004).
  • "Pornography and Power," Journal of Social Philosophy, 32:4, (Winter 2001), 512-531.
  • The Power of Feminist Theory: Domination, Resistance, Solidarity, (1999).

Current Projects

The Politics of Our Selves: Power, Autonomy, and Gender in Contemporary Critical Theory; "Discourse, Power, and Autonomy: The Foucault/Habermas Debate Reconsidered;" "Justice and Reconciliation: the Death of the Prison?"