Alterity Politics: Ethics and Performative Subjectivity

by Jeffrey T. Nealon

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In conventional identity politics subjective differences are understood negatively, as gaps to be overcome, as lacks of sameness, as evidence of failed or incomplete unity. In Alterity Politics Jeffrey T. Nealon argues instead for a concrete and ethical understanding of community, one that requires response, action, and performance instead of passive resentment and unproductive mourning for a whole that cannot be attained.

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Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822321459

ISBN13:9780822321453

Release Date:October 1998

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.8" x 9.2"

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Philosophy Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences

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