Subjects in Process: Diversity, Mobility, and the Politics of Subjectivity in the 21st Century

by Michael A. Peters and Alicia De Alba

Book Overview

Subjects in Process investigates the human subject in the first decade of the twenty-first century in relation to changing social circumstances and belongings. The concept of "subjectivity" in the Western tradition has focused on the figure of the individual, knowing and acting human subject often thought to be autonomous, self-conscious, and rooted. This book calls into question the traditional view of the subject, and offers a new framework that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594519021
• ISBN13: 9781594519024
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"