The Turn to Ethics

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Turn to Ethics
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Marjorie Garber
Edited by Beatrice Hanssen
Edited by Rebecca L. Walkowitz
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreEthics and moral philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9780415922258
ClassificationsDewey:170
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint Routledge
Publication Date 14 September 2000
Publication Country United Kingdom

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