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Judith Butler's post-Hegelian ethics and the problem with recognition
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Stark, HL, Judith Butler's post-Hegelian ethics and the problem with recognition, Feminist Theory: an international interdisciplinary journal, 15, (1) pp. 89-100. ISSN 1464-7001 (2014) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2014 Sage Publications
DOI: doi:10.1177/1464700113512738
Abstract
Judith Butler’s recent work is exemplary of the trend in contemporary theory to consider
ethics. Her deliberation over ethical questions, and the place of ethics in intellectual
work, has undeniably intensified since September 11. This article will demonstrate,
however, that this is a rendering explicit of what has always been implicit in her work.
Rather than perceiving the ethical dimension of Butler’s writings in her increasing interest
in thinkers such as Emmanuel Levinas and Hannah Arendt, I contend that it is in her
sustained interest in Hegel, and specifically in Hegelian recognition, that her work can
be read as engaged with ethical concerns. This article highlights the growing critical
concern with the prevalence of recognition in ethical theory and questions the possibility
of theorising ethics outside of the recognition-paradigm.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Gender studies |
Research Field: | Feminist theory |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in philosophy and religious studies |
UTAS Author: | Stark, HL (Associate Professor Hannah Stark) |
ID Code: | 90356 |
Year Published: | 2014 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 10 |
Deposited By: | School of Humanities |
Deposited On: | 2014-04-01 |
Last Modified: | 2015-04-13 |
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