Unbecoming Subjects - Thiem, Annika
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Moral philosophy and poststructuralism have long been considered two antithetical enterprises. Moral philosophy is invested in securing norms, whereas poststructuralism attempts to unclench the grip of norms onour lives. Moreover, poststructuralism is often suspected of undoing the possibility of ethical knowledge by emphasizing the unstable, socially constructed nature of our practices and knowledge. In Unbecoming Subjects, Annika Thiem argues that Judith Butler's work makes possible a productive encounter between moral philosophy and poststructuralism, rethinking responsibility and critique…mehr

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Moral philosophy and poststructuralism have long been considered two antithetical enterprises. Moral philosophy is invested in securing norms, whereas poststructuralism attempts to unclench the grip of norms onour lives. Moreover, poststructuralism is often suspected of undoing the possibility of ethical knowledge by emphasizing the unstable, socially constructed nature of our practices and knowledge. In Unbecoming Subjects, Annika Thiem argues that Judith Butler's work makes possible a productive encounter between moral philosophy and poststructuralism, rethinking responsibility and critique as key concepts at the juncture of ethicsand politics. Putting into conversation Butler, Levinas, and Laplanche, Thiem argues that responsibility becomes possible only when we do not know what to do or how to respond, yet find ourselves under a demand to respond, and even more, to respond well to others.In further conversation with Adorno and Foucault, Unbecoming Subjects examines critique as a central practice for moral philosophy, interrogating the limits of moral and political knowledge and probing methods of socialcriticism to uncover and oppose injustice.
Autorenporträt
Annika Thiem is associate professor of philosophy at Villanova University. She is completing a book manuscript on the contributions of the German-Jewish thinkers Hermann Cohen and Walter Benjamin to critical engagements with theological and religious discourse in the early twentieth century. She is the author of Unbecoming Subjects: Judith Butler, Moral Philosophy, and Critical Responsibility (2009) and of numerous articles in political theology, feminist and queer theory.