Willful Parts
Problem Characters or the Problem of Character
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4943779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sara Ahmed (0000-0001-5172-6790, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 231-253 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Literary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0028-6087 • E-ISSN: 1080-661X |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/nlh.2011.0019 |
| OpenAlex | W2044398586 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 5 |
This paper addresses the question of character by thinking through how willfulness becomes a moral attribute, a way of making certain characters into problems. Reflecting on how an education in virtue became an education of the will, the paper explores how some characters become "willful parts" when they do not align their wills with the moral and general will. Drawing on readings of willfulness in novels by George Eliot, including Daniel Deronda , Mill on the Floss and Romola , the paper explores how feminist histories might involve the willful claiming of the attribite of willfulness. The paper suggests that when willfulness is reclaimed, it exceeds the very system of characterization, even when it appears to fulfill a set of expectations of what is behind an action
Action (physics) · Business · Character (mathematics) · Economics · Management · Mill · Political science · Set (abstract data type) · Sociology · Virtue · Computer Science · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · History · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Political Theory and Influence
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |