Attention to care in modern society has fallen out of view as an ethos
of personal responsibility, free markets, and individualism has taken
hold. The Liberalism of Care argues that contemporary liberalism is
suffering from a crisis of care, manifest in a decaying sense of
collective political responsibility for citizens’ well-being and for
the most vulnerable members of our communities. Political scientist
Shawn C. Fraistat argues that we have lost the political language of
care, which, prior the nineteenth century, was commonly used to
express these dimensions of political life. To recover that language,
Fraistat turns to three prominent philosophers—Plato, Jean-Jacques
Rousseau, and William Godwin—who illuminate the varied ways caring
language and caring values have structured core debates in the history
of Western political thought about the proper role of government, as
well as the rights and responsibilities of citizens. The Liberalism of
Care presents a distinctive vision for our liberal politics where
political communities and citizens can utilize the ethic and practices
of care to face practical challenges.
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ISBN
9780226745497
Publisert
2021
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University of Chicago Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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