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Vulnerability - Reflections on a New Ethical Foundation for Law and Politics (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Vulnerability - Reflections on a New Ethical Foundation for Law and Politics (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Gender in Law, Culture, and Society
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Martha Albertson Fineman's earlier work developed a theory of
inevitable and derivative dependencies as a way of problematizing
the core assumptions underlying the 'autonomous' subject of liberal
law and politics in the context of US equality discourse. Her
'vulnerability thesis' represents the evolution of that earlier
work and situates human vulnerability as a critical heuristic for
exploring alternative legal and political foundations. This book
draws together major British and American scholars who present
different perspectives on the concept of vulnerability and
Fineman's 'vulnerability thesis'. The contributors include scholars
who have thought about vulnerability in different ways and contexts
prior to encountering Fineman's work, as well as those for whom
Fineman's work provided an introduction to thinking through a
vulnerability lens. This collection demonstrates the broad and
intellectually exciting potential of vulnerability as a theoretical
foundation for legal and political engagements with a range of
urgent contemporary challenges. Exploring ways in which
vulnerability might provide a new ethical foundation for law and
politics, the book will be of interest to the general reader, as
well as academics and students in fields such as jurisprudence,
philosophy, legal theory, political theory, feminist theory, and
ethics.
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