Drawing on Hannah Arendt, Judith Butler and Stanley Cavell, this book addresses contemporary theoretical and political debates in a broader comparative perspective and rearticulates the relationship between ethics and politics by highlighting those who are currently excluded from our notions of political community.

Rosine Kelz received a doctorate in Political Theory from the University of Oxford, UK, and an M.A. and B.A. in Sociology and Politics from the University of Essex, UK. She currently lives in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.

1. Introduction 2. Arendt On The Acting, Thinking And Moral Self 3. The Situated And Embodied Self: Butler And Cavell On Subjectivity, Language And Finitude 4. Otherness And An Ethics Of Responsibility 5. Responsibility Beyond The Human? 6. Re-Imagining The Political Bibliography Index