{"product_id":"butler-and-ethics-9780748678846","title":"Butler and Ethics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10 essays give the first sustained evaluation of Judith Butler''s alleged ethical turn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJudith Butler is best known for \u003cem\u003eGender Trouble\u003c\/em\u003e (1990), the book that introduced the idea of gender performativity. However, with the publication of \u003cem\u003eGiving an Account of Oneself\u003c\/em\u003e in 2005, it appeared that her work had taken a different turn: away from considerations of sex, gender, sexuality and politics, and towards ethics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBringing together a group of internationally renowned theorists, the volume asks: has there been an ethical turn in Butlers work or is the increasing emphasis on ethics the culmination of ideas in her earlier work? How do ethics relate to politics in her work, and how do they connect to her increasing concern with violence, war and conflict?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eButler and Ethics\u003c\/em\u003e will break new ground in scholarship on Butler and will also advance on-going debates about materiality and the body, biopolitics, affect theory, precariousness and subjectification.","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404509028695,"sku":"9780748678846","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780748678846.jpg?v=1730486670","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/butler-and-ethics-9780748678846","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}