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After Identity
Contributor(s): Rutherford, Jonathan (Author)

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ISBN: 190500740X     ISBN-13: 9781905007400
Publisher: Lawrence & Wishart
OUR PRICE: $26.60  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: April 2007
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Annotation: Returning to a theme on which the author has written widely, this volume focuses on identity as the means by which individuals struggle to give themselves meaning and representation and analyzes its historic struggles, in particular those against racism, misogyny, and homophobia. Through a series of essays--on individuality, race and asylum, identity and history, masculinity and war, ecological ethics, and ageing--the book explores some of the ethical resources that might help an engagement with the current predicaments of identity. The author argues that society needs a better account of how to define human beings and of the changing dynamic between individuality and society, through which identities are made and remade.
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Essays
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
- Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Dewey: 302.5
Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.51" W x 8.46" L (0.46 lbs) 159 pages
Features: Bibliography, Price on Product, Table of Contents
 
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Identity is the means by which individuals struggle to give themselves meaning and representation, and has been the site of historic struggles - in particular against racism, misogyny and homophobia. But identity is in danger of being wrested away from its liberation ethic. Co-opted by the market, it is increasingly seen as a private and individualised affair. After Identity explores some of the ethical resources that might help an engagement with the current predicaments of identity. It argues that we need a better account of how we define human being, and of the changing dynamic between individuality and society, through which identities are made and remade. In rethinking the idea of the individual, what might come after identity, Jonathan Rutherford addresses this question in a series of essays
 
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