Differences That Matter challenges existing ways of theorising the relationship between feminism and postmodernism which ask ‘is or should feminism be modern or postmodern?’ Sara Ahmed suggests that postmodernism has been allowed to dictate feminist debates and calls instead for feminist t[...]

This is a bold take on the crucial role of emotion in politics. Emotions work to define who we are as well as shape what we do and this is no more powerfully at play than in the world of politics. Ahmed considers how emotions keep us invested in relationships of power, and also shows how this use of[...]

In this groundbreaking work, Sara Ahmed demonstrates how queer studies can put phenomenology to productive use. Focusing on the "orientation" aspect of "sexual orientation" and the "orient" in "orientalism," Ahmed examines what it means for bodies to be situated in space and time. Bodies take shape [...]

What does diversity do? What are we doing when we use the language of diversity? Sara Ahmed offers an account of the diversity world based on interviews with diversity practitioners in higher education, as well as her own experience of doing diversity work. Diversity is an ordinary even unremarkable[...]

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 an[...]

Vithetens hegemoni innehåller reflektioner om vithet och rasism i vardagen och inom olika institutionskulturer. Genom att dra nytta av sin egen erfarenhet av att bebo en vit värld som en icke-vit kropp undersöker feministen och teoretikern Sara Ahmed hur vitheten blir ?världslig?, hur vithet är[...]

Filosofen Sara Ahmed skriver: \\\"Orienteringar handlar om de riktningar vi intar och som placerar vissa saker och inte andra inom räckhåll för oss.\\\" Vilka kroppar som har tillträde till vilka rum och till vilka berättelser genomsyrar numrets olika texter. Här berörs teman som geografisk o[...]

This exciting collection of work from leading feminist scholars including Elspeth Probyn, Penelope Deutscher and Chantal Nadeau engages with and extends the growing feminist literature on lived and imagined embodiment and argues for consideration of the skin as a site where bodies take form - alread[...]