An Ethics of Dissensus Postmodernity, Feminism, and the Politics of Radical Democracy |
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| Author:
| Ziarek, Ewa Płonowska |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8047-4103-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2002 |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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Addressing a constellation of diverse thinkers--including Emmanuel Levinas, Patricia Williams, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Michel Foucault, Frantz Fanon, Julia Kristeva, and Luce Irigaray--the author proposes a new conception of ethics, an ethics of dissensus that rethinks the relation between freedom and obligation in a double context of embodiment and antagonism. The author employs discourses that have hitherto been segregated: postmodern ethics, feminism, race theory, and the idea of...
More DescriptionAddressing a constellation of diverse thinkers--including Emmanuel Levinas, Patricia Williams, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Michel Foucault, Frantz Fanon, Julia Kristeva, and Luce Irigaray--the author proposes a new conception of ethics, an ethics of dissensus that rethinks the relation between freedom and obligation in a double context of embodiment and antagonism. The author employs discourses that have hitherto been segregated: postmodern ethics, feminism, race theory, and the idea of radical democracy.