Unbecoming subjects : Judith Butler, moral philosophy, and critical responsibility /

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Moral philosophy and post-structuralism have long been considered two antithetical enterprises. This book argues that Judith Butler's work makes possible a productive encounter between these two aspects of philosophy, rethinking responsibility and critique as key concepts at the juncture of eth...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thiem, Annika
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Butler, Judith, > 1956-
Butler, Judith.
Ethics.
Responsibility.
Criticism.
Poststructuralism.
Morale.
Responsabilité.
Critique.
Poststructuralisme.
ethics (philosophy)
literary criticism.
criticism.
post-structuralism.
Criticism
Ethics
Poststructuralism
Responsibility
Praktische Philosophie
Verantwortungsethik
Kritik
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part one : Challenges to the subject
  • Subjects in subjection : bodies, desires, and the psychic life of norms
  • Moral subjects and agents of morality
  • Part two : Responsibility
  • Responsibility as response : Levinas and responsibility for others
  • Ambivalent desires of responsibility : Laplanche and psychoanalytic translations
  • Part three : Critique
  • The aporia of critique and the future of moral philosophy
  • Critique and political ethics : justice as a question.

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