Ethics Embodied

Rethinking Selfhood through Continental, Japanese, and Feminist Philosophies

AvErin McCarthy

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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While the body has been largely neglected in much of traditional Western philosophy, there is a rich tradition of Japanese philosophy in which this is not the case. Ethics Embodied explains how Japanese philosophy includes the body as an integral part of selfhood and ethics and shows how it provides an alternative and challenge to the traditional Western philosophical view of self and ethics. Through a comparative feminist approach, the book articulates the striking similarities that exist between certain strands of Japanese philosophy and feminist philosophy concerning selfhood, ethics and the body. Despite the similarities, McCarthy argues that there are significant differences between these philosophies and that each reveals important limitations of the other. Thus, the book urges a view of ethical embodied selfhood that goes beyond where each of these views leaves us when considered in isolation. With keen analysis and constructive comparison, this book will be accessible for students and scholars familiar with the Western philosophical tradition, while still adding a more global perspective.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-08-11
Mått:156 x 233 x 8 mm
Vikt:222 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:134
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Medarbetare:ThomasP. Kasulis
ISBN:9780739120507

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Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

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Erin McCarthy is associate professor of philosophy at St. Lawrence University and a member of the board of directors of ASIANetwork.

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McCarthy writes with a clarity that shows how deeply she has thought about, and cared about, the encounter of Western feminist thinking with Japanese philosophy. Not only has she made difficult texts accessible to the general reader, she has succeeded in making them relevant to an important range of contemporary ethical questions. This little book represents yet another landmark in the opening of Western philosophy to the remarkable insight of an intellectual tradition whose contributions to discussions of the body are irreplaceable.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 - An IntroductionPart 2 Part 1 - A Heuristic FrameworkPart 3 Part 2 - Outline of the BookChapter 4 Chapter 2 - Towards a New Ethical Framework: Watsuji in Dialogue with the WestPart 5 Part 1 - Ethics and the Human Being as NingenPart 6 Part 2 - Heidegger: "the Solitary Self"Part 7 Part 3 - Husserl: Moving Towards a Relational SelfChapter 8 Chapter 3 - The Embodied SelfPart 9 Part 1 - Husserl and the BodyPart 10 Part 2 - Body East and WestPart 11 Part 3 - Ningen, Ethics, and the BodyPart 12 Part 4 - Yuasa's Theory of the BodyChapter 13 Chapter 4 - Towards an Embodied Ethics of CarePart 14 Part 1 - Care Ethics: East and WestPart 15 Part 2 - Care Ethics and the BodyPart 16 Part 3 - ReciprocityPart 17 Part 4 - Global Care EthicsChapter 18 Chapter 5 - Body, Self and Ethics: Watsuji and IrigarayPart 19 Part 1 - Subjects in BetweennessPart 20 Part 2 - Bodies in BetweennessPart 21 Part 3 - Between and Beyond Watsuji and IrigarayChapter 22 Chapter 6 - Conclusion