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Salvaging Self in Bauman's Postmodern Ethics
Bauman’s (1993) postmodern ethics signalled an important new direction from the orthodoxy of a Durkheimian ‘society’ realised morality. This article argues that Bauman’s postmodern ethics, built on the Levinasian notion of ‘being for the Other’, misses the particular and embodied aspects of moral sociality and effaces the self in endless responsibility to the Other. Taylor’s (1992) ‘ethics of authenticity’ and Foucault’s ‘care for the self’ are argued to be important in reasserting the self removed from Bauman’s ‘moral saint’.
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Publication title
TASA 2013 Conference ProceedingsPagination
1-13ISBN
9780646911267Department/School
School of Social SciencesPublisher
The Australian Sociological AssociationPlace of publication
AustraliaEvent title
Australian Sociological Association Conference 2013Event Venue
MelbourneDate of Event (Start Date)
2013-11-25Date of Event (End Date)
2013-11-28Rights statement
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