Bodies in Revolt
Gender, Disability, and a Workplace Ethic of Care
1st Edition
Published on 21. August 2013
216 pages
978-1-135-39331-1 (ISBN)
Description
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."
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
1,47 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-135-39331-1 (9781135393311)
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Persons
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.
Content
Preface 1 A Subversive Act 2 The Life of the Body 3 An Alternative Ethic of Care 4 The Body at Work5 Unmasking Control6 Unions: Bridging the Divide 7 Critical Care: All for One and One for All
