Myers Worldly Ethics

Democratic Politics and Care for the World
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9803-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten

Where most models of democratic ethics have focused on either care for the self or care for others, Ella Myers advocates an ethical approach to politics based on a collaborative care for the world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Myers, Ella

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction. Tracing the Ethical Turn 1

1. Crafting a Democratic Subject? The Foucauldian Ethics of Self-Care 21

2. Levinasian Ethics, Charity, and Democracy 53

3. The Democratic Ethics of Care for Worldly Things 85

4. Partisanship for the World: Tending to the World as Home and In-Between 111

Epilogue. Self/Other/World: Forging Connections and Fostering Democratic Care 139

Notes 153

Bibliography 195

Index 207

Über Autor(innen)

Ella Myers is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Gender Studies at the University of Utah.