Bodies in Revolt

Gender, Disability, and a Workplace Ethic of Care
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-415-94533-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 473 g

Bodies in Revolt argues that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) could humanize capitalism by turning employers into care-givers, creating an ethic of care in the workplace. Unlike other feminists, Ruth O'Brien bases her ethics not on benevolence, but rather on self-preservation. She relies on Deleuze's and Guttari's interpretation of Spinoza and Foucault's conception of corporeal resistance to show how a workplace ethic that is neither communitarian nor individualistic can be based upon the rallying cry "one for all and all for one."

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Brien, Ruth

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface 1 A Subversive Act 2 The Life of the Body 3 An Alternative Ethic of Care 4 The Body at Work5 Unmasking Control6 Unions: Bridging the Divide 7 Critical Care: All for One and One for All

Über Autor(innen)

Ruth O'Brien is Chair of Political Science at The City University of New York Graduate Center and a Professor of Government at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.