Competing Responsibilities – The Ethics and Politics of Contemporary Life Trnka

Competing ResponsibilitiesThe Ethics and Politics of Contemporary Life\nAuthor(s): Susanna Trnka, Catherine Trundle\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Duke University Press, United States\nImprint: Duke University Press\nISBN-13: 9780822363606, 978-0822363606\nSynopsis\nNoting the pervasiveness of the adoption of \""responsibility\"" as a core ideal of neoliberal governance, the contributors to Competing Responsibilities challenge contemporary understandings and critiques of that concept in political, social, and ethical life. They reveal that neoliberalism's reification of the responsible subject masks the myriad forms of individual and collective responsibility that people engage with in their everyday lives, from accountability, self-sufficiency, and prudence to care, obligation, and culpability. The essays-which combine social theory with ethnographic research from Europe, North America, Africa, and New Zealand-address a wide range of topics, including critiques of corporate social respn