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Author McCarthy, Erin, 1969-

Title Ethics embodied : rethinking selfhood through continental, Japanese, and feminist philosophies / Erin McCarthy ; foreword by Thomas P. Kasulis
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 115 pages)
Contents Toward a new ethical framework: Watsuji in dialogue with the west -- The embodied self -- Toward an embodied ethics of care -- Body, self and ethics: Watsuji and Irigaray
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 th
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Watsuji, Tetsurō, 1889-1960.
SUBJECT Watsuji, Tetsurō, 1889-1960 fast
Subject Philosophy, Japanese.
Feminist theory.
Continental philosophy.
Human body.
Ethics.
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Continental philosophy
Ethics
Feminist theory
Human body
Philosophy, Japanese
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010016844
ISBN 9780739147863
0739147862
1282921908
9781282921900
9786612921902
6612921900