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Ethics Embodied
Rethinking Selfhood through Continental, Japanese, and Feminist Philosophies
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2010
Summary
While the body has been largely neglected in much of traditional Western philosophy, there is a rich tradition of Japanese philosophy in which this is not the case. Ethics Embodied explains how Japanese philosophy includes the body as an integral part of selfhood and ethics and shows how it provides an alternative and challenge to the traditional Western philosophical view of self and ethics. Through a comparative feminist approach, the book articulates the striking similarities that exist between certain strands of Japanese philosophy and feminist philosophy concerning selfhood, ethics and the body. Despite the similarities, McCarthy argues that there are significant differences between these philosophies and that each reveals important limitations of the other. Thus, the book urges a view of ethical embodied selfhood that goes beyond where each of these views leaves us when considered in isolation. With keen analysis and constructive comparison, this book will be accessible for students and scholars familiar with the Western philosophical tradition, while still adding a more global perspective.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-2049-1
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-4786-3
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
116
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Contents No access
Foreword No access
Acknowledgments No access
Chapter 01. Introduction No access Pages 1 - 10
Chapter 02. Toward a New Ethical Framework: Watsuji in Dialogue with the West No access Pages 11 - 32
Chapter 03. The Embodied Self No access Pages 33 - 54
Chapter 04. Toward an Embodied Ethics of Care No access Pages 55 - 72
Chapter 05. Body, Self and Ethics: Watsuji and Irigaray No access Pages 73 - 94
