States of Injury

Power and Freedom in Late Modernity

Wendy Brown

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English

Princeton University Press
01 August 2025

Gender studies, gender groups; Politics & government

Series: Princeton Classics

A landmark work from one of our leading political theorists

A sympathetic critique that attempts to free Left politics from its own snares, States of Injury explores how woundedness became a basis for contemporary political identity. Without condemning identity politics, Wendy Brown carefully probes the varied historical forces generating them today and the ways these formative conditions constrain emancipatory desire. Along the way, she advances a novel feminist critical theory of liberalism and the liberal democratic state. She also develops an original theoretical practice that weaves together Nietzsche, Marx, Weber, Foucault, and cultural theories of gender and race to analyse contemporary political predicaments. In a new preface, Brown places States of Injury in political and intellectual context, including the rise of neoliberalism, and addresses the book's renewed relevance in today's political landscape.

By: Wendy Brown
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 133mm,
ISBN: 9780691270609
ISBN 10: 0691270600
Series: Princeton Classics
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 August 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Wendy Brown is the UPS Foundation Professor in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study. Her books include Nihilistic Times, In the Ruins of Neoliberalism, and Undoing the Demos.

Reviews for States of Injury: Power and Freedom in Late Modernity

""Wendy Brown undertakes a critical analysis of late modern state power to reveal how identity politics translated into rights claims. . . . [This study] significantly advances our understanding of aspects of politics where particular identities and universal rights are currently in conflict."" * American Political Science Review *