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Our Bodies, Whose Property

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Our Bodies, Whose Property

Contributors:

By (Author) Anne Phillips

ISBN:

9780691150864

Publisher:

Princeton University Press

Imprint:

Princeton University Press

Publication Date:

1st October 2013

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Ethics and moral philosophy
Gender studies: women and girls

Dewey:

174.2

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

216

Dimensions:

Width 140mm, Height 216mm

Weight:

369g

Description

No one wants to be treated like an object, regarded as an item of property, or put up for sale. Yet many people frame personal autonomy in terms of self-ownership, representing themselves as property owners with the right to do as they wish with their bodies. Others do not use the language of property, but are similarly insistent on the rights of f

Reviews

"[B]oth those who are aware of what is happening around these issues and those who have not reflected on recent developments around markets, bodies and properties would do well to read Phillips' timely, intelligent overview of the challenges of early 21st-century global body politics... [A] rich feast of considered reflections on some of the most pressing issues of our times."--Maureen McNeil, Times Higher Education

Author Bio

Anne Phillips is the Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her many books include "The Politics of Presence" and "Multiculturalism without Culture" (Princeton).

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