Bodies in Revolt
Gender, Disability, and a Workplace Ethic of Care| By: | Ruth O'Brien |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9780415945332 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781135393311 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2005 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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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."