Bodies in revolt : gender, disability, and a workplace ethic of care / Ruth O'Brien ; foreword by Martha Albertson Fineman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Brien, Ruth, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities--Employment--United States.

People with disabilities.

People with disabilities--Employment--Law and legislation--United States.

Sex discrimination in employment--United States.

Sex discrimination in employment.

Age discrimination in employment--United States.

Age discrimination in employment.

Industrial relations--Social aspects--United States.

Industrial relations.

Quality of work life--United States.

Quality of work life.

Feminist ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 198 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Gender, disability, and an alternative ethic of care

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2005.

Summary:

Annotation Bodies in Revoltargues that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) could humanize capitalism by turning employers into care-givers, creating an ethic of care in the workplace. Unlike other feminists, Ruth O'Brien bases her ethics not on benevolence, but rather on self-preservation. She relies on Deleuze's and Guttari's interpretation of Spinoza and Foucault's conception of corporeal resistance to show how a workplace ethic that is neither communitarian nor individualistic can be based upon the rallying cry "one for all and all for one."

Contents:

A subversive act

The life of the body

An alternative ethic of care

The body at work

Unmasking control

Unions, bridging the divide

Critical care.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-189) and index.

ISBN:

1-135-39324-9

0-415-94534-8

1-135-39331-1

0-203-95478-5

9780203954782

OCLC:

849724105