Essays about: "Igor Blomberg Tranæus"

Found 1 essay containing the words Igor Blomberg Tranæus.

  1. 1. Ethics of Relationality, Practices of Nonviolence : A Reading of Butler's Ethics

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Author : Igor Blomberg Tranæus; [2015]
    Keywords : Butler; Foucault; Levinas; ethics; scenes of address; relationality; nonviolence; subjectivity;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to examine Judith Butler’s approach to the problem of ethics, and the ways in which she attempts to reformulate notions of morality and responsibility based on an understanding of the subject as inherently bound to others within a context of normative structures that exceed its own influence. For Butler, this bond implies that the subject’s constitution is structured within what she calls a ”scene of address,” where it emerges into a social field by being appealed to by others, and replying to that appeal by giving an account of itself. READ MORE