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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thiem, Annika.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Responsibility.

Criticism.

Poststructuralism.

Butler, Judith, 1956-.

Butler, Judith.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 310 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2008.

Summary:

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 ethics and politics.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8232-4858-5

0-8232-3586-6

OCLC:

923763867