Vulnerability and the politics of care : transdisciplinary dialogues /
Vulnerability is a fundamental aspect of existence, giving rise to the need for care in various forms. Yet we are not all vulnerable in the same way, and not all vulnerabilities are equally recognized or cared for. This transdisciplinary volume considers how vulnerability and care are shaped by rela...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Proceedings of the British Academy ;
235. |
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| Summary: | Vulnerability is a fundamental aspect of existence, giving rise to the need for care in various forms. Yet we are not all vulnerable in the same way, and not all vulnerabilities are equally recognized or cared for. This transdisciplinary volume considers how vulnerability and care are shaped by relations of power within contemporary contexts of war, development, environmental degradation, sexual violence, aging populations and economic precarity. It proposes that care for vulnerable populations or individuals is inseparable from other political processes of recognition, welfare, healthcare and security, while also exploring vulnerability as a shared, generative condition that makes caring possible. Ethnographic and narrative accounts of vulnerable life and caring relations in various geographical regions, including Japan, Uganda, Micronesia, Iraq, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States, are interspersed with perspectives from philosophy, international relations, social and cultural theory and more, resulting in a compelling series of intellectual exchanges, creative frictions and provocative insights. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 263 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0197266835 9780197266830 |