‘The completion… Well, the way I want to talk about it is not how care is received, since that makes them, the care receivers, appear to care as passive’.
Eva Fedar Kittay on care as taking up of another’s action. Continue reading The completion of care as taking up of another’s actions as care
Author: Jeannet van de Kamp
Refugees in search of hospitality
Europe is currently being confronted with thousands of refugees in search of hospitality. Continue reading Refugees in search of hospitality
Reflections on movie The big short
Wall Street collapses in The Big Short. The 2008 financial crisis left millions in the United States unemployed and without homes. It expanded into a worldwide financial and economic crisis. Not surprisingly in America, Hollywood revisits the economic ‘bubble’ created by mortgage dealers and reckless -too big to fail- banks. Continue reading Reflections on movie The big short
Exhibition in Düsseldorf: The problem of God
The exhibition ‘The Problem of God’ in the K21 Ständehaus in Düsseldorf from 26-09 till 24-01 relates to a fundamental problem of belief: God’s invisibility. It shows how the image-tradition of Christianity as universal cultural and social inheritance has developed further in a secular context. Continue reading Exhibition in Düsseldorf: The problem of God
Humanitarian help for ‘asylum seekers’?
What does it mean to offer humanitarian help? In an article, written by James Kennedy, we have recognized a care ethical perspective on those classified as ‘refugees’. Continue reading Humanitarian help for ‘asylum seekers’?
Documentary: What makes us HUMAN?
HUMAN; a documentary directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
What is it that makes us human?
Is it that we love, that we fight? That we laugh? Cry? Our curiosity? The quest for discovery? Continue reading Documentary: What makes us HUMAN?