Author: Annika Thiem
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780823293476
Category : PHILOSOPHY
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Moral philosophy and poststructuralism have long been considered two antithetical enterprises. Moral philosophy is invested in securing norms, whereas poststructuralism attempts to unclench the grip of norms on our lives. Moreover, poststructuralism is often suspected of undoing the possibility of ethical knowledge by emphasizing the unstable, socially constructed nature of our practices and knowledge. In Unbecoming Subjects, Annika Thiem argues that Judith Butler's work makes possible a productive encounter between moral philosophy and poststructuralism, rethinking responsibility and critique as key concepts at the juncture of ethics and politics. Putting into conversation Butler's earlier and most recent work, Unbecoming Subjects begins by examining how Butler's critique of the subject as nontransparent to itself, formed thoroughly through relations of power and in subjection to norms and social practices, poses a challenge to ethics and ethical agency. The book argues, in conversation with Butler, Levinas, and Laplanche, that responsibility becomes possible only when we do not know what to do or how to respond, yet find ourselves under a demand to respond, and even more, to respond well to others. Drawing on the work of Butler, Adorno, and Foucault, Unbecoming Subjects examines critique as a central practice for moral philosophy. It interrogates the limits of moral and political knowledge and probes methods of social criticism to uncover and oppose injustices.
Unbecoming Subjects
Author: Annika Thiem
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780823293476
Category : PHILOSOPHY
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Moral philosophy and poststructuralism have long been considered two antithetical enterprises. Moral philosophy is invested in securing norms, whereas poststructuralism attempts to unclench the grip of norms on our lives. Moreover, poststructuralism is often suspected of undoing the possibility of ethical knowledge by emphasizing the unstable, socially constructed nature of our practices and knowledge. In Unbecoming Subjects, Annika Thiem argues that Judith Butler's work makes possible a productive encounter between moral philosophy and poststructuralism, rethinking responsibility and critique as key concepts at the juncture of ethics and politics. Putting into conversation Butler's earlier and most recent work, Unbecoming Subjects begins by examining how Butler's critique of the subject as nontransparent to itself, formed thoroughly through relations of power and in subjection to norms and social practices, poses a challenge to ethics and ethical agency. The book argues, in conversation with Butler, Levinas, and Laplanche, that responsibility becomes possible only when we do not know what to do or how to respond, yet find ourselves under a demand to respond, and even more, to respond well to others. Drawing on the work of Butler, Adorno, and Foucault, Unbecoming Subjects examines critique as a central practice for moral philosophy. It interrogates the limits of moral and political knowledge and probes methods of social criticism to uncover and oppose injustices.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780823293476
Category : PHILOSOPHY
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Moral philosophy and poststructuralism have long been considered two antithetical enterprises. Moral philosophy is invested in securing norms, whereas poststructuralism attempts to unclench the grip of norms on our lives. Moreover, poststructuralism is often suspected of undoing the possibility of ethical knowledge by emphasizing the unstable, socially constructed nature of our practices and knowledge. In Unbecoming Subjects, Annika Thiem argues that Judith Butler's work makes possible a productive encounter between moral philosophy and poststructuralism, rethinking responsibility and critique as key concepts at the juncture of ethics and politics. Putting into conversation Butler's earlier and most recent work, Unbecoming Subjects begins by examining how Butler's critique of the subject as nontransparent to itself, formed thoroughly through relations of power and in subjection to norms and social practices, poses a challenge to ethics and ethical agency. The book argues, in conversation with Butler, Levinas, and Laplanche, that responsibility becomes possible only when we do not know what to do or how to respond, yet find ourselves under a demand to respond, and even more, to respond well to others. Drawing on the work of Butler, Adorno, and Foucault, Unbecoming Subjects examines critique as a central practice for moral philosophy. It interrogates the limits of moral and political knowledge and probes methods of social criticism to uncover and oppose injustices.
Unbecoming Subjects
Discourses to the aged; on several important subjects ... The third edition
The new parish priest's practical manual, tr. by W. Hutch
Author: Giuseppe Frassinetti
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
The New Parish Priest's Practical Manual
Author: Giuseppe Frassinetti
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church management
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church management
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Admonitory Counsels Addressed to a Methodist on Subjects of Christian Experience and Practice
Anecdotes Medical, Chemical, and Chirurgical; Collected, Arranged, and Transmuted by an Adept
The History of America
Author: William Robertson
Publisher: Edinburgh : Printed by J. Robertson for the booksellers
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Publisher: Edinburgh : Printed by J. Robertson for the booksellers
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
The history of America. In which is included, the history of Virginia, to the year 1688; and of New England, to the year 1652. [With a map and a portrait.]
Author: William Robertson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description