Alterity politics
Subtitle: ethics and performative subjectivity
By: Jeffrey T. Nealon.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Group identity -- Political aspects; Identity (Psychology) -- Political aspects; Political psychology; Political sociology; Social ethics
Description: In conventional identity politics subjective differences are understood negativively, 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-204) and index.