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Redoing Care

Societal Transformation through Critical Practice

Bibliographic Data

ID12902253
AuthorsElisabeth Conradi (North-West State Technical University, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume9
Issue2
Pages113-129
Publication date2015-03-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthics and Social Welfare (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1749-6535 • E-ISSN: 1749-6543
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17496535.2015.1005553
OpenAlexW2009867818
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited29

The article reconsiders whether the practice of care can have a role in societal transformation. To this end, I track Seyla Benhabib's critical concept of care with a focus on the relationship between care theory and transformative aim. I then turn to the practice of care, considering the different notions of care and contrasting the comprehensive moral orientation described by Carol Gilligan with the human activity model of Joan Tronto. Care is described as a societal practice situated between activity and relatedness. Starting from care as a societal practice, I address whether autonomy, symmetry and reciprocity should be conceptually separated from respect and attentiveness. In conclusion I ask how transformation and change can be conceptualized, given my argument that care is a societal practice. Unlike other approaches, which argue that transformation is something achieved via public discussions of norms, I advocate transformation as something practiced. My aim is to rethink care in order to make visible its inherent potential for transformation

Argument (complex analysis · Autonomy · Care work · Epistemology · Health care · Pedagogy · Political science · Practice theory · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology · Situated · Social care · Social change · Social science · Social transformation · Sociology · Transformative learning · Work (physics · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Philosophy · Social Work Education and Practice

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