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Ethics and the Subject / edited by Karl Simms. - 1 online resource. - Critical Studies ; 8 . - Critical Studies ; 8. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This volume contains nineteen essays - eighteen here presented for the first time - exploring the question of subjectivity as seen from an ethical perspective. Part I concerns the phenomenological development of Cartesianism and the concept of narrative identity , with essays addressing Levinas' idea of the Other, Ricoeur's Christianisation of Levinas, and Dennet's concept of folk psychology. Part II concerns the experience of reading ethically, as mediated through genealogy and psychoanalysis. The essays address the discourses of philosophy, psychoanalysis, film and literature, and are informed by Nietzsche, Freud, Foucault and Lacan among others. The volume will interest philosophers and critical theorists. Karl Simms provides comprehensive introductions to each of the parts, making the book accessible to informed general readers with an interest in cultural studies.

ISBN: 9789004455092 9789042000247

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789004455092 DOI

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ethics, Modern.
Intersubjectivity.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Phenomenology.
Subjectivity.

LC Class. No.: PN81

Dewey Class. No.: 126