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Focusing on contemporary debates in moral and political theory, situating the self argues that a nonrelative ethics, binding on us in virtue of out humanity, is still a philosophically viable project. Gender, community, and postmodernism in contemporary ethics by seyla benhabib. Professor benhabib was awarded the meister eckhart prize of the identity foundation and the university of cologne in may 2014 for her contributions of contemporary thought. In this book, seyla benhabib makes an intervention into the debates concerning modernity, postmodernity, reason and the self. Gender, community, and postmodernism in contemporary ethics 9780415905473. Hereafter referred to parenthetically within the text. Focusing on contemporary debates in moral and political theory, situating the self argues that a. Seyla benhabib is a turkishborn american philosopher of sephardic ancestry. Gender, community, and postmodernism in contemporary ethics.

Find all the books, read about the author, and more. This intersting new book should be read by all those. Seyla benhabib reformulates discourse ethics into a radically. When a person is born, it should not be expected that he or. A study of the normative foundations of critical theory 1986. Gender, community, and postmodernism in contemporary ethics 1st edition. Review cheshire calhoun 1994 journal of philosophy 91 8. Hannah arendt, the liberal tradition and jurgen habermas by seyla benhabib, in situating the self. She is critical of postmodernism, but also of the idea that the task facing us today is the completion of the project of modernity.