Theory Of Power Discourse And Gender Role

Foucault was regarded as one of the 20th century's greatest thinkers. His contribution to the theory is not only involved in Post-modernism, Deconstruction, but also in Archeology and Genealogy. He is so pioneering and unique in the 20th century, that he became a milestone in theoretical circles licensing. There is no denying that the Post-colonial feminist literary criticism has also played a considerable role in promoting feminism activity. But why does Foucault's theory and point of view win so much of the post-modern feminism's popular admiration. His number of important analytic point of view and the concept was absorbed and used by the cultural criticism and feminist research ethics and formed the so-called "Foucault-style feminism" .It is strange that at the same time, another group of women who play the "opposition to Foucault," and they ban the former lashed out at the frenzy for Foucault. They pointed out that the idea of the extreme feminists are not suited, because Foucault neglect women but for men, as well as the "Foucault-style feminism" of the absurd. Particularly, the theory of power and gender become the contention between the two. For a time the formation of a Foucault and feminist literature boomed controversial.