Bodies in Revolt: Gender, Disability, and a Workplace Ethic of Care

by Ruth O'Brien

Martha Albertson Fineman (Foreword)

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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."

  • ISBN10 0415945348
  • ISBN13 9780415945349
  • Publish Date 4 April 2005 (first published 2 April 2005)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 216
  • Language English