Title: Situating the self : gender, community, and postmodernism in contemporary ethics /
Authors: Benhabib, Seyla.
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Ethics; Liberalism Philosophy; Communication Moral and ethical aspects; Postmodernism.; Feminist theory.
Abstract: "'Situating the Self' is a decisive intervention into debates concerning modernity, postmodernity, ehtics, and the self. It will be of interest to all concerned with critical theory or contemporary ethics."--Provided by publisher.
Contents: Introduction : communicative ethics and the claims of gender, community and postmodernism -- In the shadow of Aristotle and Hegel : communicative ethics and current controversies in practical philosophy -- Autonomy, modernity and community : communitarianism and critical social theory in dialogue -- Models of public space : Hannah Arendt, the liberal tradition and Jürgen Habermas -- Judgment and the moral foundations of politics in Hannah Arendt's thought -- The generalized and the concrete other : the Kohlberg-Gilligan controversy and moral theory -- The debate over women and moral theory revisited -- Feminism and the question of postmodernism -- On Hegel, women and irony.