Willful subjects

In Willful Subjects Sara Ahmed explores willfulness as a charge often made by some against others. One history of will is a history of attempts to eliminate willfulness from the will. Delving into philosophical & literary texts, Ahmed examines the relation between will & willfulness, ill will & good will, & the particular will & general will. Her reflections shed light on how will is embedded in a political & cultural landscape, how it is embodied, & how will & willfulness are socially mediated. Attentive to the wayward, the wandering, & the deviant, Ahmed considers how willfulness is taken up by those who have received its charge. Grounded in feminist, queer, & antiracist politics, her sui generis analysis of the willful subject, the figure who wills wrongly or wills too much, suggests that willfulness might be required to recover from the attempt at its elimination.°°° Sara Ahmed is a feminist writer & independent scholar who works at the intersection of feminist, queer, & race studies. Winner of the 2017 Kessler Award from CLAGS, the Center for LGBTQ Studies, Ahmed has published ten books, including the cult classic Living a Feminist Life. In __Willful Subjects__ Sara Ahmed explores willfulness as a charge often made by some against others. One history of will is a history of attempts to eliminate willfulness from the will. Delving into philosophical and literary texts, Ahmed examines the relation between will and willfulness, ill will and good will, and the particular will and general will. Her reflections shed light on how will is embedded in a political and cultural landscape, how it is embodied, and how will and willfulness are socially mediated. Attentive to the wayward, the wandering, and the deviant, Ahmed considers how willfulness is taken up by those who have received its charge. Grounded in feminist, queer, and antiracist politics, her sui generis analysis of the willful subject, the figure who wills wrongly or wills too much, suggests that willfulness might be required to recover from the attempt at its elimination. Cultural theorist Sara Ahmed explores how willfulness is often a charge made by some against others. By following the figure of the willful subject, who wills wrongly or wills too much, Ahmed suggests that willfulness might be required to recover from attempts at its elimination. Introduction: A Willfulness Archive -- Willing Subjects -- The Good Will -- The General Will -- Willfulness As A Style Of Politics -- Conclusion: A Call To Arms. Sara Ahmed. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 257-276) And Index. Content: Introduction: a willfulness archive -- Willing subjects -- The good will -- The general will -- Willfulness as a style of politics -- Conclusion: a call to arms.