Vulnerability is a fundamental aspect of existence, giving rise to the need for care in various forms. Yet we are not all vulnerable in the same way, and not all vulnerabilities are equally recognised or cared for. This transdisciplinary volume considers how vulnerability and care are shaped by relations of power within contemporary contexts of war, development, environmental degradation, sexual violence, aging populations and economic precarity. It proposes that care for vulnerable populations or individuals is inseparable from other political processes of recognition, welfare, healthcare and security, whilst also exploring vulnerability as a shared, generative condition that makes caring possible. Ethnographic and narrative accounts of vulnerable life and caring relations in various geographical regions - including Japan, Uganda, Micronesia, Iraq, Mexico, the UK and the US - are interspersed with perspectives from philosophy, International Relations, social and cultural theory, and more, resulting in a compelling series of intellectual exchanges, creative frictions and provocative insights.
| ISBN: | 9780197266830 |
| Publication date: | 28th January 2021 |
| Author: | Victoria Browne, Jason Danely, Doerthe Rosenow |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Series: | Proceedings of the British Academy |
| Genres: |
Personal and public health / health education Health systems and services Medical sociology Human biology Social and ethical issues Anthropology Social welfare and social services |
Vulnerability is a fundamental aspect of existence, giving rise to the need for care in various forms. Yet we are not all vulnerable in the same way, and not all vulnerabilities are equally recognised or cared for. This transdisciplinary volume considers how vulnerability and care are shaped by relations of power within contemporary contexts of war, development, environmental degradation, sexual violence, aging populations and economic precarity. It proposes that care for vulnerable populations or individuals is inseparable from other political processes of recognition, welfare, healthcare and security, whilst also exploring vulnerability as a shared, generative condition that makes caring possible. Ethnographic and narrative accounts of vulnerable life and caring relations in various geographical regions - including Japan, Uganda, Micronesia, Iraq, Mexico, the UK and the US - are interspersed with perspectives from philosophy, International Relations, social and cultural theory, and more, resulting in a compelling series of intellectual exchanges, creative frictions and provocative insights.
Vulnerability and the Politics of Care features in the following genres: Personal and public health / health education, Health systems and services, Medical sociology, Human biology, Social and ethical issues, Anthropology, Social welfare and social services
Vulnerability and the Politics of Care is available in Hardback
Vulnerability and the Politics of Care was written by Victoria Browne, Jason Danely, Doerthe Rosenow and published by Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD
Vulnerability and the Politics of Care has 288 pages
Yes it is part of Proceedings of the British Academy series
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