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Bodies in Revolt

Gender, Disability, and a Workplace Ethic of Care

By Ruth O'Brien

Foreword by Martha Albertson Fineman

Published April 4th 2005 by Routledge – 216 pages

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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."

    Author Bio

    Ruth O'Brien is Chair of Political Science at The City University of New York Graduate Center and a Professor of Government at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

    Name: Bodies in Revolt: Gender, Disability, and a Workplace Ethic of Care (Paperback) – Routledge 
    Description: By Ruth O'BrienForeword by Martha Albertson Fineman. 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...
    Categories: Politics & International Relations, Sociology & Social Policy