Europe is currently being confronted with thousands of refugees in search of hospitality. Continue reading Refugees in search of hospitality
Choreography and Ethics of Care…
Short interview with choreographer Hamish MacPherson, during the Graduate School Research Network seminar ‘Care Ethics and the Body’, by the Care Ethics Group of the University of Humanistic Studies. Continue reading Choreography and Ethics of Care…
Towards the next phase of Ubuntu
‘Caring for vulnerable people in late modern society: towards the next phase of Ubuntu’ is the full title of the inaugural address recently delivered by Prof. Dr. Andries Baart at Vaal Triangle Campus of North-West University in South Africa. Continue reading Towards the next phase of Ubuntu
Brugère: Emotions and Care
On November 6th 2015 professor Fabienne Brugère of the University of Paris was interviewed by our editor Tessa Smorenburg. Continue reading Brugère: Emotions and Care
Care ethics and social vulnerability in India
Interview with Kanchana Mahadevan, professor of philosophy in Mumbai. Marieke Potma visited her in India. Mahadevan’s research focuses on ethics of care, feminist philosophy and socio-political philosophy. “The ethics of care offers an alternative to Eurocentric notions of self-sufficiency and planned rationality.” Continue reading Care ethics and social vulnerability in India
Sacrifice: A care-ethical reappraisal
In Sacrifice: A care-ethical reappraisal of sacrifice and self-sacrifice (2015), Inge van Nistelrooij re-examens a rejected aspect of caregiving in late-modernity: caregiving entails sacrifices even to the extent of sacrificing the self. Continue reading Sacrifice: A care-ethical reappraisal