Between vulnerability and autonomy: the space of movement

McDonald, Kevin. 2007. Between vulnerability and autonomy: the space of movement. Recherches Sociologiques et Anthropologiques, 38(1), pp. 49-64. ISSN 1782-1592 [Article]

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Abstract or Description

Analyses of the contemporary alter-globalization movement increasingly emphasize
dimensions of autonomy, whose ultimate origins lie in theories of agency understood
as sovereignty. This paper argues that critical dimensions of the alter-globalization
movement involve practices of embodied action and forms of responsibility that point
beyond autonomy, to a paradigm of relational vulnerability Recognising this is central
to understanding ethics, agency, and subjectivity and to understanding movements as
a space of experience.

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Article

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Sociology

Dates:

DateEvent
2007Published

Item ID:

2789

Date Deposited:

23 Apr 2010 07:24

Last Modified:

07 Dec 2012 12:52

Peer Reviewed:

Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.

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https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/2789

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