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Rosi Braidotti - Transpositions: On Nomadic Ethics - 9780745635965 - V9780745635965
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Transpositions: On Nomadic Ethics

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Description for Transpositions: On Nomadic Ethics Paperback. .
This major new book offers a highly original account of ethical and political subjectivity in contemporary culture. It makes a strong case for a non-unitary or nomadic conception of the subject, in opposition to the claims of ideologies such as conservatism, liberal individualism and techno-capitalism.

Braidotti takes a bold stand against moral universalism, while offering a vigorous defence of nomadic ethics against the charges of relativism and nihilism. She calls for a new form of ethical accountability that takes "Life" as the subject, not the object, of enquiry. This ethics is presented as a fundamental reconfiguration of our being ... Read more

Transpositions provides an intellectually rich guide to the leading critical debates of our time and will be of great interest to scholars and students throughout the humanities and social sciences.

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Product Details

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
460g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745635965
SKU
V9780745635965
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Rosi Braidotti
Rosi Braidotti is Distinguished Professor in the humanities at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Reviews for Transpositions: On Nomadic Ethics
"A rich, immensely generous, and quite beautiful book." London Review of Books "Playing on Braidotti’s inspiration room music and genetics in her definition of transpositions. I read her wise, smart, inviting book as itself a “transposon”-i.e. a mobile vehicle for risky change in the score of post humanist becoming that ... Read more

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