Toward a Feminist Ethics of Nonviolence

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Title: Toward a Feminist Ethics of Nonviolence
Description: Toward a Feminist Ethics of Nonviolence brings together major feminist thinkers to debate Cavarero's call for a postural ethics of nonviolence and a sociality rooted in bodily interdependence.Toward a Feminist Ethics of Nonviolence brings together three major feminist thinkers—Adriana Cavarero, Judith Butler, and Bonnie Honig—to debate Cavarero's call for a postural ethics of nonviolence. The book consists of three longer essays by Cavarero, Butler, and Honig, followed by shorter responses by a range of scholars that widen the dialogue, drawing on post-Marxism, Italian feminism, queer theory, and lesbian and gay politics. Together, the authors contest the boundaries of their common project for a pluralistic, heterogeneous, but urgent feminist ethics of nonviolence.
Authors: Adriana Cavarero, Judith Butler, Bonnie Honig, Timothy J. Huzar, Clare Woodford
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Feminist ethics, Nonviolence--Moral and ethical aspects, Feminism
Categories: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
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Abstract:Toward a Feminist Ethics of Nonviolence brings together major feminist thinkers to debate Cavarero's call for a postural ethics of nonviolence and a sociality rooted in bodily interdependence.Toward a Feminist Ethics of Nonviolence brings together three major feminist thinkers—Adriana Cavarero, Judith Butler, and Bonnie Honig—to debate Cavarero's call for a postural ethics of nonviolence. The book consists of three longer essays by Cavarero, Butler, and Honig, followed by shorter responses by a range of scholars that widen the dialogue, drawing on post-Marxism, Italian feminism, queer theory, and lesbian and gay politics. Together, the authors contest the boundaries of their common project for a pluralistic, heterogeneous, but urgent feminist ethics of nonviolence.
ISBN:9780823290086
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