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Offering the first examination of the concept of autonomy from a postfoundationalist perspective, The Autonomous Animal analyzes how the ideal of self-governance has shaped everyday life. Claire E. Rasmussen begins by considering the academic terrain of autonomy, then focusing on specific examples of political behavior that allow her to interrogate these theories. She demonstrates how the adolescent-a not-yet-autonomous subject-highlights how the ideal of self-governance generates practices intended to cultivate autonomy by forming the individual's relationship to his or her body. She points up how the war on drugs rests on the perception that drug addicts are the antithesis of autonomy and thus must be regulated for their own good. Showing that the animal rights movement may challenge the distinction between human and animal, Rasmussen also examines the place of the endurance athlete in fitness culture, where self-management of the body is the exemplar of autonomous subjectivity.
Offering the first examination of the concept of autonomy from a postfoundationalist perspective, The Autonomous Animal analyzes how the ideal of self-governance has shaped everyday life. Claire E. Rasmussen begins by considering the academic terrain of autonomy, then focusing on specific examples of political behavior that allow her to interrogate these theories. She demonstrates how the adolescent-a not-yet-autonomous subject-highlights how the ideal of self-governance generates practices intended to cultivate autonomy by forming the individual's relationship to his or her body. She points up how the war on drugs rests on the perception that drug addicts are the antithesis of autonomy and thus must be regulated for their own good. Showing that the animal rights movement may challenge the distinction between human and animal, Rasmussen also examines the place of the endurance athlete in fitness culture, where self-management of the body is the exemplar of autonomous subjectivity.
Claire E. Rasmussen is associate professor of political science and international relations at the University of Delaware.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Conceiving a Human Being
1. The Choice of Law: Autonomy between Norm and Creation
2. Mature Subjects: Physical Education and the Political Child
3. Intoxicated Citizens: America’s Drug War and the Body Politic
4. Man Is a Political Animal: Self-Discipline and Its Beastly Other
5. Fit to Be Tied: Exercise Fads and Our Addiction to Autonomy
Conclusion: Freedom and Self-Governance
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Politikwissenschaften |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780816669578 |
| ISBN-10: | 0816669570 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Rasmussen, Claire E. |
| Hersteller: | University of Minnesota Press |
| Maße: | 216 x 140 x 14 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Claire E. Rasmussen |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.08.2011 |
| Gewicht: | 0,333 kg |
Claire E. Rasmussen is associate professor of political science and international relations at the University of Delaware.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Conceiving a Human Being
1. The Choice of Law: Autonomy between Norm and Creation
2. Mature Subjects: Physical Education and the Political Child
3. Intoxicated Citizens: America’s Drug War and the Body Politic
4. Man Is a Political Animal: Self-Discipline and Its Beastly Other
5. Fit to Be Tied: Exercise Fads and Our Addiction to Autonomy
Conclusion: Freedom and Self-Governance
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Politikwissenschaften |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780816669578 |
| ISBN-10: | 0816669570 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Rasmussen, Claire E. |
| Hersteller: | University of Minnesota Press |
| Maße: | 216 x 140 x 14 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Claire E. Rasmussen |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.08.2011 |
| Gewicht: | 0,333 kg |
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