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Self and Subjectivity

ISBN: 978-1-405-13783-6

April 2008

Wiley-Blackwell

336 pages

Description
Self and Subjectivity is a collection of seminal essays with commentary that traces the development of conceptions of 'self' and 'subjectivity' in European and Anglo-American philosophical traditions, including feminist scholarship, from Descartes to the present.
About the Author
Kim Atkins is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Applied Philosophy, Philosophy Today, and The International Journal of Philosophical Studies.
Features

  • Features excerpts from seminal texts on self and subjectivity including material from Descartes, Hume, Nietzsche, Freud, Sartre, Foucault, Judith Butler, Bernard Williams, Derek Parfit and many others



  • Covers the rise of the philosophy of the subject, its crisis in postmodernity and the re-articulation of selfhood, agency and personal identity



  • Situates discussions of selfhood and the subject in broad historical, metaphysical, ethical, and epistemological contexts



  • Includes detailed commentary by the editor on the background and interrelations of each of the readings