Vulnerability, violence and (cosmopolitan) ethics: Butler's Precarious Life

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-86

  McRobbie, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmopolitanization thesis; Ethical perspective; Governmentality; Judith Butler; New war prison; Sovereignty; Ulrich Beck; Violence; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; ETHICAL THEORY; GOVERNMENT; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFE; REVIEW; VIOLENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ETHICAL THEORY; GOVERNMENT; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LIFE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); VIOLENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33644627580     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2006.00094.x     Document Type: Review

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