×


 x 

Shopping cart
Rosi Braidotti - Transpositions: On Nomadic Ethics - 9780745635958 - V9780745635958
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.

Transpositions: On Nomadic Ethics

€ 75.68
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Transpositions: On Nomadic Ethics Hardback. This major new book by Rosie Braidotti 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. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 572.
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.

Show Less

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745635958
SKU
V9780745635958
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

Goodreads reviews for Transpositions: On Nomadic Ethics


Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!