Thanks for this lovely essay. The logics and ethics of care are looking more and more like the only real way forward. I have my students read Matters Of Care by Maria Puig De La Bellacasa and we talk about the renovation of care, taking away its feminized form and amplifying its reach. We've never directly discussed it, but carceral feminism doesn't come into play in a such an ethics.
Thanks for your kind comment, Allison! I hadn’t heard of Matters of Care, will give it a read. I like this idea of renovating care. As for the intersection of abolitionist feminism and the ethics of care, it’s no wonder both philosophies owe a lot of their richness to Black women’s thought. Both emphasise rooting our understanding of the world in empathy, in a genuine encounter with the « other », rather than applying dry and all-encompassing logics.
Thanks for this lovely essay. The logics and ethics of care are looking more and more like the only real way forward. I have my students read Matters Of Care by Maria Puig De La Bellacasa and we talk about the renovation of care, taking away its feminized form and amplifying its reach. We've never directly discussed it, but carceral feminism doesn't come into play in a such an ethics.
Thanks for your kind comment, Allison! I hadn’t heard of Matters of Care, will give it a read. I like this idea of renovating care. As for the intersection of abolitionist feminism and the ethics of care, it’s no wonder both philosophies owe a lot of their richness to Black women’s thought. Both emphasise rooting our understanding of the world in empathy, in a genuine encounter with the « other », rather than applying dry and all-encompassing logics.
yes, exactly!