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标题：Giving An Account of Oneself
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作者：J. Aaron Simmons
期刊名称：Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
电子版ISSN：1530-5228
出版年度：2006
卷号：7
期号：2
出版社：The Whitestone Foundation
摘要：It is often the case that continentally oriented discussions of ethics are as difficult to read as they are abstracted from the realities of human existence. Judith Butler's recent contribution to moral philosophy, Giving An Account of Oneself, is a striking counter-example to this trend. Butler's prose is remarkably clear and her arguments are lucid. Although the reader will be rewarded by repeated readings of this book, the subtlety of Butler's presentation is so seamlessly constructed that it is not an obstacle that must be carefully navigated, but rather a current along which the reader is effortlessly swept. Irrespective of one's agreement or disagreement with Butler's thesis, this book is indispensable reading for anyone working at the intersection of postmodern ethics, contemporary political philosophy, and identity theory.