All people spend a considerable portion of their lives either as dependents or the caretakers of dependents. The fact of human dependency-a function of youth, severe illness, disability, or frail old age-marks our lives, not only as those who are cared for, but as those who engage in the work of caring. In spite of the time, energy and resources-material and emotional, social and individual-that dependency care requires, these concerns rarely enter into philosophical, legal, and political discussions.
InThe Subject of Care, feminist scholars consider how acknowledgement of the fact of dependency changes our conceptions of law, political theory, and morality, as well as our very conceptions of self. Contributors develop feminist understandings of dependency, reassessing the place dependency occupies in our lives and in a just social order.
Eva Feder Kittayis professor of philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and the author, most recently, of
Love's Labor: Essays on Women, Equality, and Dependence.
Ellen K. Federis assistant professor of philosophy at American University. The pair have also coedited a special issue of
Hypatiaon the family and feminist theory.
With rich, interdisciplinary essays by pioneers in the field as well as pathbreaking newcomers,The Subject of Caretakes us through key political and philosophical debates and then out on the other side to envision new meanings for dependency and care. This book is essential reading for all those who perform the work of caring and receive care-in other words, for all of us. Sonya Michel, University of Maryland, College Park
While the work is highly recommended for the way that it assists in creatively moving on the debate over an ethics of care, it is also successful in provoking reflection on wider issues. Philosophy in Review
This interdisciplinary anthology succeeds compellingly and convincingly at the challƒ-
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