Sublime Failures. The Ethics of Kant and Sade  -  David Martyn

KORTE INHOUD

David Martyn argues in this text that a return to Kant's latent Sadianism helps to confront the unresolved question of agency - or how to formulate an ethic after the deconstruction of the subject - in cultural studies theory. Acknowledging allegations of Kant's empty formalism and even of his proximity to a certain Sadianism, Martyn argues that Kant's ethics are valid not despite but because of their similarity to those of Sade. In close readings that address the historical and material conditions of the c...
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2003 Uitgever: Wayne State University Press 253 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0814330770 ISBN-13: 9780814330777