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" Ethical subjects in contemporary culture / "
Dave Boothroyd.
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BL
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1090754
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bc1010378
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English
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Boothroyd, Dave
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Ethical subjects in contemporary culture /\ Dave Boothroyd.
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| Publication Statement
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Edinburgh :: Edinburgh University Press,, [2013]
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, ©2013
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1 online resource (vii, 228 pages)
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| ISBN
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9780748681662
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: 0748681663
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: 1299735843
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: 9781299735842
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: 9780748693795
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: 0748693793
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: 9780748640096
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: 0748640096
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: 9780748670093
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: 0748670092
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The subject of the ethical turn -- Empiricism, the ethical subject ant the ethics of hospitality -- Sexing the ethical subject -- Vulnerability to violence and ethical sensibility -- The ethical subject of new media communications -- Secrecy and the secret of ethical subjectiity -- Censored subjects -- Suffering -- Hospitality, friendship and justice -- Death, or the end of the subject.
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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 Features. Pays particular attention to the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas Engages with a number of important theorists of ethics and culture: Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida, Irigaray, Foucault, Deleuze, Nancy and Badiou Focuses on ethical concerns such as sexual difference, vulnerability, secrecy, mediated communications, suffering, generosity, hospitality, friendship, censorship and death
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Ethics.
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Civilization, Modern-- 21st century.
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Ethics
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Morale.
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Civilisation-- 21e siècle.
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ethics (philosophy)
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PHILOSOPHY-- Ethics Moral Philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY-- Social.
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PHILOSOPHY-- Political.
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Civilization, Modern.
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Ethics.
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| Dewey Classification
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170
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BJ1012
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