Feminist Care Ethics Confronts Mainstream Philosophy
A special issue of Philosophies (ISSN 2409-9287). This special issue belongs to the section "Virtues".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 47556
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ethics; feminist theory; care theory; American philosophy
Interests: ethics of care; feminist ethics; feminist moral philosophy; decolonial theory; decolonial ethics; international political theory; (global) political economy; postfoundational political thought
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Philosophies is devoted to dialogue between feminist care ethics and mainstream philosophical figures and concepts. As care ethics has evolved from its origins in the 1980s, it is clear that it does not always fit neatly within traditional philosophical categories. Yet, the philosophical implications of the ethics of care are robust and extend beyond ethics as such, with care theorists positing ontological, epistemological, and political significance to its approach. Despite these implications, and the growing acceptance of care ethics in a variety of academic literatures, it remains a somewhat marginalized philosophical framework. The original contributions to this volume juxtapose care theory with established philosophers and philosophical thought. The goal is to catalyze further intellectual interest and attention in how care enriches philosophy across a variety of subjects.
More specifically, we anticipate articles that address the intersection of care and the work of philosophers such as Fanon, Latour, Edith Stein, Kant, Rawls, Foucault, Zizek, Latour, Nussbaum, Dewey, and others. On the one hand, these articles will develop linkages between the ethics of care and the insights of mainstream philosophical thinkers, including those just noted, by highlighting fruitful sites for synthesis and by working through productive tensions. On the other hand, these articles will also demonstrate how the ethics of care can usefully challenge, expand, or amend mainstream philosophical approaches in ways that center the ontological, political, and moral insights of a care perspective. In attending to both the intersections and interstices between care ethics and established philosophical theories and approaches, the contributions in this Special Issue will provide a unique intellectual space for dialogue between significant philosophical figures and care ethics, with the aim of enriching both philosophical traditions. Accordingly, this Special Issue will appeal to scholars and practitioners from mainstream philosophy traditions, as well as those engaged with feminist philosophy, care theory, and the ethics of care.
Prof. Dr. Maurice Hamington
Dr. Maggie FitzGerald
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- care theory
- empathy
- ethics of care
- existentialism
- feminist ethics
- moral philosophy
- philosophy of language
- political philosophy
- social philosophy
- western philosophy
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