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The Turn to Ethics
Hardback
Main Details
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The Turn to Ethics
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Marjorie Garber
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Edited by Beatrice Hanssen
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Edited by Rebecca L. Walkowitz
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:256 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | Ethics and moral philosophy |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780415922258
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| Classifications | Dewey:170 |
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| Audience | | Undergraduate | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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| Imprint |
Routledge
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| Publication Date |
14 September 2000 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Based on a conference held at the Center for Literary Studies at Harvard University, this collection of essays from the leading scholars in literature, philosophy, politics, and medicine casts new light on the wide range of ethical debates raging today, from bioethics and the ethics of political action to the ethics of reading and making distinctions between morality and ethics.
Author Biography
Marjorie Garber is William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of English, Director of the Humanities Center at Harvard University. She is Editor of the Routledge book series CultureWork and author of Symptoms of Culture. Beatrice Hanssen is Associate Professor of German at Harvard University and author of Critique of Violence: Between Poststructuralism and Critical Theory. Rebecca L. Walkowitz is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Associate Editor of the CultureWork series.
Reviews"The contributors to this fine collection are from a wide range of backgrounds, including literary studies, cultural studies, philosophy, and pediactrics... a careful reading of each essay is a richly rewarding experience."
-Nicholas Pagan, Spring 2002
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