Claire E. Rasmussen

The Autonomous Animal

Self-Governance and the Modern Subject

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A wide-ranging reexamination of a foundational tenet of modern democratic society

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 278g
• ISBN-13: 9780816669578
• ISBN-10: 0816669570
• Artikelnr.: 33396960

Autorenporträt

Claire E. Rasmussen is associate professor of political science and international relations at the University of Delaware.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Conceiving a Human Being
1. The Choice of Law: Autonomy between Norm and Creation
2. Mature Subjects: Physical Education and the Political Child
3. Intoxicated Citizens: America’s Drug War and the Body Politic
4. Man Is a Political Animal: Self-Discipline and Its Beastly Other
5. Fit to Be Tied: Exercise Fads and Our Addiction to Autonomy
Conclusion: Freedom and Self-Governance
Notes
Bibliography
Index