240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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In Caring , Peta Bowden extends and challenges recent debates on feminist ethics. She takes issue with accounts of the ethics of care that focus on alleged principles of caring rather than analysing caring in practice. Caring, Bowden argues, must be understood by 'working through examples'. Following this approach, Bowden explores four main caring practices: mothering, friendship, nursing and... Read more
Acknowledgements, List of abbreviations, Introduction, 1. Mothering, 2. Friendship, 3. Nursing, 4. Citizenship, Epilogue, Notes, Index
Biography
Bowden, Peta
'In this finely nuanced book, Peta Bowden develops a picture of caring as the intricate skill and intelligent practice that many feminists have asserted it to be, yet few have demonstrated so well. The writing is consistently excellent, the style accessible, as Bowden moves through an impressive range of literature to effect innovative connections across caring practices and the ethical issues they invoke.' - Lorraine Code, York University, Canada
