An Ethical Account of the Self Who Might Be Otherwise: Simone Weil and Judith Butler

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Year of Publication

2010

Author

Gayman, Cynthia Jane

Editor

Rozelle-Stone, Rebecca Stone, Lucian

Book

The Relevance of the Radical: Simone Weil 100 Years Later

Pages

193-204

Publisher

Continuum

Place Published

New York

Language

English

Chapter

12

Keywords

ethics
personal/impersonal
self
social (societal)

Annotation

Gayman explores the understanding of the constitution of the self and the ethical implications of this understanding in the work of Simone Weil and Judith Butler. Central to this discussion is the relationship of the self to the social " conditions of its emergence" (p. 193).