Anne Vestergaard

Research

Title of research:

Fighting in Concert: Exploring the Emancipatory Potential of Women’s Political Violence

Brief overview of research topic:

My research seeks to explore whether and under which circumstances women’s exercise of political violence can be considered emancipatory. It does so by advancing a new theoretical and normative framework merging Michel Foucault’s thoughts on the ‘practices of the self’ with Hannah Arendt’s account of political action, power, and freedom. In developing and testing this framework, I investigate several historical and contemporary examples of women’s political violence. The aim is to provide an original feminist account of (non)violence that will enrich ongoing feminist debates on the ethics of (non)violence, and to contribute to general discussions on violence within political theory.

Qualifications

MA in Political Theory, University of York.

BA in Intellectual History, Aarhus University.

Teaching

Teaching assistant, Department of History, Aarhus University, spring semester 2018. Two undergraduate modules on the Theory of Science.

Teaching assistant, Department of History of Ideas, Aarhus University, spring semester 2018. Undergraduate module on the History of Modern Philosophy.