Bodies in Revolt: Gender, Disability, and a Workplace Ethic of Care

ISBN-13: 9780415945349 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 216 str.

Ruth O'Brien

Opis

Bodies in Revolt argues that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) could humanize capitalism by turning employers into care-givers, creating an ethic of care in the workplace. Unlike other feminists, Ruth O'Brien bases her ethics not on benevolence, but rather on self-preservation. She relies on Deleuze's and Guttari's interpretation of Spinoza and Foucault's conception of corporeal resistance to show how a workplace ethic that is neither communitarian nor individualistic can be based upon the rallying cry "one for all and all for one."

Spis treści

Preface 1 A Subversive Act 2 The Life of the Body 3 An Alternative Ethic of Care 4 The Body at Work 5 Unmasking Control 6 Unions: Bridging the Divide 7 Critical Care: All for One and One for All

O autorze

Ruth O'Brien is Chair of Political Science at The City University of New York Graduate Center and a Professor of Government at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.