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Abstract
I attempt to resolve the identity quandary, which asks whether feminism is still possible given the destabilization of identity categories. I argue that hookss intersectionality has progressed the goal of achieving greater diversity within feminism, but is ultimately self-defeating because it reinforces problematic identity-based divisions. I endorse Browns argument that egalitarian politics must fundamentally transform oppressive power dynamics rather than simply inverting them, yet find her alternative too fragmented. I adopt Zerillis conceptualization of subjectivity as a contingent byproduct of collective political action. I propose that we can avoid the pitfalls of identity politics if we treat political action as the fundamental subject of feminist political analysis and intersubjective consensus as the primary standard of reference for feminist political judgment. The incoherency of agent-based subjects like women poses no problems for my theory, because it posits that politics requires only the existence of collective action, not uniformity among political participants.