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First published: June 1, 2025 - Last updated: June 1, 2025
TITLE INFORMATION
Author: Rose A. Owen
Title: A World without Men
Subtitle: Valerie Solanas and the Feminist Uses of Violence
Journal: New Political Science
Volume: 44
Issue: 1
Year: 2022 (Published online: March 29, 2024)
Pages: 105-121
pISSN: 0090-5917 -
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eISSN: 1552-7476 -
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Language: English
Keywords:
Modern History:
20th Century |
American History:
U.S. History |
Society:
Women's Movement /
Valerie Solanas
FULL TEXT
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Author:
Rose Owen,
Department of Political Science,
University of Chicago -
Personal Website,
ORCID
Abstract:
»Turning to Valerie Solanas, the second wave writer famous for shooting Andy Warhol, this paper reconstructs a forgotten argument for the feminist use of violence. In the SCUM Manifesto, Solanas calls for women to commit gendercide against men to build a feminist utopia. Solanas rejects separatism because it cedes the world to men, instead arguing that women must use violence to reclaim and change the world. Solanas thus sees violence as a world-making project. During the second wave, Solanas' shooting of Warhol fractured feminism into liberal and radical camps: liberals rejected Solanas, and radicals embraced her. Both sides of the feminist divide, however, turned away from violence as a political tactic. Even sympathetic radicals adopted separatist agendas that sanctioned violence only for the purpose of self-defense. I argue that the reaction to Solanas by her contemporaries, and the erasure of her from history, is symptomatic of a feminist allergy to violence. Returning to Solanas' work and life raises once again the question that remains suppressed in feminist thought: is violence a justifiable means to achieve feminist ends«
(Source: New Political Science)
Contents:
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Abstract (p. 105) |
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Introduction (p. 105) |
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Taking Solanas Seriously (p. 108) |
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The Uses of Violence in the SCUM Manifesto (p. 110) |
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Solanas' Violence Disavowed (p. 115) |
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Conclusion (p. 120) |
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Acknowledgements (p. 121) |
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Disclosure statement (p. 121) |
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