Resisting Ethics
Scott Schaffer | 2004-09-04 00:00:00 | Palgrave Macmillan | 336 | Philosophy
Resisting Ethics is a new contribution to an ongoing debate on how the world can be improved. Starting with the notion that resistance and ethics are theoretically and practically intertwined, Scott Schaffer develops a new socially oriented ethics based on the practical experience of resistance and ethics. Borrowing from and extending the ideas of Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, and Bourdieu, and using case studies of the Algerian Revolution and the Zapatista rebellion, Schaffer argues that existentialism can give us new insights into how we can and should act ethically in the world. Resisting Ethics is a wide-ranging work and represents a new kind of intervention into issues of social justice and resistance.
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Okay, I'll admit that I know the author personally (he was a professor of mine and is currently a good friend) but all bias aside, this book is a great look at revolutionary movements and the sociological motivations behind them. Schaffer's ability to take existential philosophy and apply it to a practical, social setting will keep the deepest of theoretical readers engrossed from start to finish. Not only does he manage to make relevant the philosophical social theory of days gone by, but he applies it to current issues in global revolutionary politics. Schaffer's discourse on the ethics of resistance will challenge the reader to think hard about what revolution means in this "post-modern" world. A must read for anyone interested in the topic.
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