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Being, eating and being eaten : deconstructing the ethical subject
Thesis (MPhil (Philosophy))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.
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2008
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| author | Vrba, Minka |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/2125 Being, eating and being eaten : deconstructing the ethical subject Vrba, Minka Cilliers, Paul University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Philosophy. Complexity theory Descartes, Rene, 1596-1650 Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976 Levinas, Emmanuel Derrida, Jacques Subject (Philosophy) Subjectivity Responsibility Ontology Ethics Human-animal relationships Deconstruction Dissertations -- Philosophy Theses -- Philosophy Thesis (MPhil (Philosophy))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006. This study constitutes a conceptual analysis and critique of the notion of the subject, and the concomitant notion of responsibility, as it has developed through the philosophical history of the modern subject. The aim of this study is to present the reader with a critical notion of responsibility. This study seeks to divorce such a position from the traditional, normative view of the subject, as typified by the Cartesian position. Following Derrida, a deconstructive reading of the subject’s conceptual development since Descartes is presented. What emerges from this reading is that, despite various re-conceptualisations of the subject by philosophers as influential and diverse as Nietzsche, Heidegger and Levinas, their respective positions continue to affirm the subject as human. The position presented in this study challenges this notion of the subject as human, with the goal of opening-up and displacing the ethical frontier between human and non-human. It is argued that displacing this ethical frontier introduces complex responsibilities. These complex responsibilities resist the violence inherent to normative positions that typically exclude the non-human – particularly the animal – from the sphere of responsibility. Masters 2008-08-07T09:17:58Z 2010-06-01T08:40:57Z 2008-08-07T09:17:58Z 2010-06-01T08:40:57Z 2006-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2125 en University of Stellenbosch application/pdf Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| spellingShingle | Complexity theory Descartes, Rene, 1596-1650 Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976 Levinas, Emmanuel Derrida, Jacques Subject (Philosophy) Subjectivity Responsibility Ontology Ethics Human-animal relationships Deconstruction Dissertations -- Philosophy Theses -- Philosophy Vrba, Minka Being, eating and being eaten : deconstructing the ethical subject |
| title | Being, eating and being eaten : deconstructing the ethical subject |
| title_full | Being, eating and being eaten : deconstructing the ethical subject |
| title_fullStr | Being, eating and being eaten : deconstructing the ethical subject |
| title_full_unstemmed | Being, eating and being eaten : deconstructing the ethical subject |
| title_short | Being, eating and being eaten : deconstructing the ethical subject |
| title_sort | being eating and being eaten deconstructing the ethical subject |
| topic | Complexity theory Descartes, Rene, 1596-1650 Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976 Levinas, Emmanuel Derrida, Jacques Subject (Philosophy) Subjectivity Responsibility Ontology Ethics Human-animal relationships Deconstruction Dissertations -- Philosophy Theses -- Philosophy |
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