Ethics and Politics After Poststructuralism: Levinas, Derrida and Nancy

by Madeleine Fagan

Book Overview

What would political thought look like without the foundation of ethics? Drawing on the work of Emmanuel Levinas, Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Nancy, Madeleine Fagan puts forward a radical and far-reaching refusal of foundational ethics. Instead, she proposes an account of the inseparability of ethics and politics. The 'ethical' should not be understood as a label; it does not mean 'good' or 'right', it is not an evaluation or guide. Rather, both...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474420508
• ISBN13: 9781474420501
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"