Inclinations - A Critique of Rectitude

Zusatztext " Inclinations bears all the marks of Cavarero's work more generally: rigorous argumentation! a style at once direct and playful! a wide-ranging command of the philosophical tradition! combined with trenchant feminist critique." Informationen zum Autor Adriana Cavarero is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Verona. Her books in English include For More than One Voice (Stanford, 2005) and Horrorism (2008). Klappentext Adriana Cavarero is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Verona. Her books in English include For More than One Voice (Stanford, 2005) and Horrorism (2008). Zusammenfassung Cavarero refutes a long-standing set of assumptions in moral philosophy by contesting the classical figure of the homo erectus or 'upright man,' and by proposing a feminist, altruistic, open model of the subject-one inclined toward others.

Product details

• Authors: Adriana Cavarero
• Assisted by: Amanda Minervini (Translation), Adam Sitze (Translation)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781503600409
• ISBN: 978-1-5036-0040-9
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Square One; Square One: First-Order Questions in the Humanities; Square One: First-Order Questions in the Humanities
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques