Maternal Ethics and Other Slave Moralities

By Cynthia Willett and Willett Cynthia

Book Overview

In Maternal Ethics and Other Slave Moralities which includes the first extended philosophical discussion of the works of Frederick Douglass, Cynthia Willett puts forward a novel theory of ethical subjectivity that is aimed to counter prevailing pathologies of sexist, racist Eurocentric culture. Weaving together accounts of the self drawn from African-American and European philosophies, psychoanalysis, slave narratives and sociology, Willett interrogates what Hegel locates as the core of the self: the desire for

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415912105
• ISBN13: 9780415912105
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Maternal Ethics and Other Slave Moralities

I Loved the book. It was very moving! I feel that this young author should receive the noble-prize . in literature.