Ethical Subjects in Contemporary Culture / / Dave Boothroyd.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Boothroyd, Dave,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.) :; 2 B/W illustrations 1 B/W line art
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; 1. The Subject of the Ethical Turn --; 2. Empiricism, the Ethical Subject and the Ethics of Hospitality --; 3. Sexing the Ethical Subject --; 4. Vulnerability to Violence and Ethical Sensibility --; 5. The Ethical Subject of New Media Communications --; 6. Secrecy and the Secret of Ethical Subjectivity --; 7. Censored Subjects --; 8. Suffering --; 9. Hospitality, Friendship and Justice --; 10. Death, or the End of the Subject --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780748681662; 9783110780468
• DOI: 10.1515/9780748681662?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Dave Boothroyd.

Shows how ethical subjectivity is not based on individual morals but contemporary cultureGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748640096','ISBN:9780748681662','ISBN:9780748681679']);Taking his lead from the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, and engaging with a number of ethical thinkers, Dave Boothroyd addresses a number of key contemporary ethical subjects. In doing so, he reveals how responsibility is grounded in the everyday encounters and situations we are all familiar with.Key FeaturesPays particular attention to the philosophy of Emmanuel LevinasEngages with a number of important theorists of ethics and culture: Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida, Irigaray, Foucault, Deleuze, Nancy and BadiouFocuses on ethical concerns such as sexual difference, vulnerability, secrecy, mediated communications, suffering, generosity, hospitality, friendship, censorship and death"