Care Ethics and the Refugee Crisis: Emotions, Contestation, and Agency

This book advocates for the philosophical import of care in re-evaluating problems of humanitarianism in the context of the ongoing international refugee and forced migration situation. It rethinks the human capacity to care about the suffering of distant others and generates a productive movement against the rise of value fundamentalism globally. It draws upon a wide array of rich traditions to re-examine the intersection of care ethics and justice and rethinks the relationship between care and contestation. It is an important contribution to the growing literatures on care ethics and immigration/forced migration in philosophy.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 204 pages
Publication date: 13 June 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book advocates for a philosophical re-evaluation of humanitarianism in the context of the ongoing international refugee and forced migration situation. By doing so, it challenges the notion of the human capacity to care about the suffering of distant others. In a world where emotional resources are often depleted, there is a pressing need to redefine what it means to care, with the aim of fostering a proactive movement against the rise of value fundamentalism globally. This movement is characterized by mantras such as "good and evil" and "us and them," which perpetuate xenophobia and oppressive politics.

The author draws upon a diverse range of rich traditions, including historical and contemporary writings on self-care and care of the other, to re-examine the intersection of care ethics and justice. She also rethinks the relationship between care and contestation, analyzing it in the aesthetic, ethical, political, and religious domains of human experience. Within the framework of this contingent historical repetition of political oppression, the book constructs a reminder not only of what it feels like to care but also how and why we should act upon our care.

Care Ethics and the Refugee Crisis is a significant contribution to the expanding literature on care ethics and immigration/forced migration in philosophy. It will also resonate with scholars and advanced students engaged in other disciplines such as political science, refugee and migration studies, and social anthropology.

Weight: 380g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032337135