The autonomous animal : self-governance and the modern subject / Claire E. Rasmussen

Englisch

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011

Online-Ressource (xvi, 210 p)

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Conceiving a Human Being; 1. The Choice of Law: Autonomy between Norm and Creation; 2. Mature Subjects: Physical Education and the Political Child; 3. Intoxicated Citizens: America's Drug War and the Body Politic; 4. Man Is a Political Animal: Self-Discipline and Its Beastly Other; 5. Fit to Be Tied: Exercise Fads and Our Addiction to Autonomy; Conclusion: Freedom and Self-Governance; Notes; Bibliography; Index

*Self-determination, National ; Autonomy

*Autonomy ; Self-determination, National ; Electronic books

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: JC327

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 320.1/5;

Autonomy is a vital concept in much of modern theory, defining the Subject as capable of self-governance. Democratic theory relies on the concept of autonomy to provide justification for participatory government and the normative goal of democratic governance, which is to protect the ability of the individual to self-govern. Offering the first examination of the concept of autonomy from a postfoundationalist perspective, "The Autonomous Animal "analyzes how the ideal of self-governance has shaped everyday life. Claire E. Rasmussen begins by considering the academic terrain of autonom

 

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2011

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