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Vulnerability Theory and the Trinity Lectures: Institutionalizing the Individual(Law, Society, Policy)

Vulnerability Theory and the Trinity Lectures: Institutionalizing the Individual(Law, Society, Policy)


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Vulnerability theory offers an alternative to social-contract and rights-based paradigms. Beginning with the corporeal body, the theory argues we are inevitably and constantly dependent on social institutions that are generated (and ideally monitored) through law. Accordingly, vulnerability theory argues for a state attentive to the needs of the universally "vulnerable subject." Based on lectures at Trinity College Dublin that focused on four foundational concepts, this book highlights how vulnerability theory differs from individualistic liberal frameworks. Calling for a reorientation of law toward a collective responsibility-based approach, it is essential reading for anyone interested in political theory, social justice, and sociolegal scholarship.

Table of Contents:
Preface 1. Feminist Origins of Vulnerability Theory 2. Lecture 1 – Reasoning From the Body 3. Lecture 2 – Social Justice 4. Lecture 3 – Injury 5. Lecture 4 – Inevitable Inequality 6. Institutionalizing the Individual

About the Author :
Martha Albertson Fineman is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science and a Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law at Emory University. An award winning scholar, she is the Founding Director of both the Feminism and Legal Theory Project and the Vulnerability and the Human Condition Initiative.

Review :
“In her latest book, Fineman offers a rich and comprehensive exploration of her groundbreaking vulnerability theory, charting its evolution and expanding her analysis of its core tenets." Ellen Gordon-Bouvier FHEA, University of Exeter Law School “These Trinity Lectures provide a compelling account of the radical possibilities that can come from centring our universal experience of vulnerability in our ethical, legal, and political thought and action. This is needed now more than ever.” Michael Thomson, University of Technology Sydney and University of Leeds “I highly recommend this book to all readers who are interested in a theory where the family and the need for care are understood to be at the centre of a society's wellbeing." Titti Mattsson, Lund University


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781529242836
  • Publisher: Bristol University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Bristol University Press
  • Height: 203 mm
  • No of Pages: 140
  • No of Pages: 140
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Institutionalizing the Individual
  • ISBN-10: 1529242835
  • Publisher Date: 27 May 2025
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 140
  • Returnable: N
  • Series Title: Law, Society, Policy
  • Width: 127 mm


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