The politics of care in Habermas and Derrida : between measurability and immeasurability / Richard Ganis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ganis, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Habermas, Jürgen.

Derrida, Jacques.

Caring.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (172 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book considers whether there is a legitimate or even necessary place for the perspective of 'care' when addressing questions of universal justice. To this end, it examines two major frameworks of contemporary moral philosophy_Jürgen Habermas's model of discourse ethics and Jacques Derrida's deconstructive ethics of radical singularity_in which the contrasting standpoints of communicative reciprocation and care for the absolute otherness of the other are respectively prioritized.

Contents:

Care and justice : competing conceptions of the moral?

Care as unqualified gift : Derrida's (im)possible visitation

Caring for nature in Habermas and Derrida : reconciling the speaking and nonspeaking worlds at the cost of "re-enchantment"?

"Habermasian care" versus "Derridean care" : asymmetry or accord?

Taking the measure of care.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-34676-0

1-282-97702-4

9786612977022

0-7391-5011-1

OCLC:

701053928