The politics of care : from COVID-19 to Black lives matter / editors-in-chief, Deborah Chassmen & Joshua Cohen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chassmen, Deborah, editor.

Cohen, Joshua, 1951- editor.

Series:

Forum (Cambridge, Mass.) ; 15.

Boston review Forum 15 (45-3)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism.

Race relations.

COVID-19 (Disease).

Public health.

Physical Description:

215 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Boston Review ; [Brooklyn, NY] : Verso Books, [2020]

Summary:

"From the COVID-19 pandemic to uprisings over police brutality, we are living in the greatest social crisis of a generation. But the roots of these latest emergencies stretch back decades. At their core is a brutal neoliberal ideology that combines structural racism with a relentless assault on social welfare. Its results are the failing economic and public health systems we confront today--those that benefit the few and put the most vulnerable in harm's way. Contributors to this anthology insist there is another way: a new kind of politics--a politics of care--that centers people's basic needs and connections to fellow citizens, the global community, and the natural world. Imagining a world that promotes the health and well-being of all, they draw inspiration from public health, philosophy, economics, literature, and the examples of activists, from ACT UP to Black Power. Together they point to a future in which no one is disposable."--Back cover.

This publication looks at the pandemic and racism along with ideas about a way toward a new kind of politics. The contributions from authors include the following: public health, history, economics, and activism.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: The New Politics of Care / Amy Kapczynski

IN THIS TOGETHER

Ethics at a Distance / Vafa Ghazavi

Love One Another or Die / Amy Hoffman

What Would Health Security Look Like? / Sunaura Taylor

Sweden's Relaxed Approach to COVID-19 Isn't Working / Adele Lebano

Lucky to Live in Berlin / Paul Hockenos

The Solidarity Economy / Leandro Ferreira

NO ONE IS DISPOSABLE

COVID-19 and the Politics of Disposability / Shaun Ossei-Owusu

COVID-19 and the Color Line / Jamala Rogers

Why Has COVID-19 Not Led to More Humanitarian Releases? / Dan Berger

Mothering in a Pandemic / Anne L. Alstott

The End of Family Values / Julie Kohler

International Labor Solidarity in a Time of Pandemic / Manoj Dias-Abey

A Politics of the Future / Simon Waxman

GETTING TO FREEDOM CITY

We Should Be Afraid, But Not of Protesters / Melvin L. Rogers

The Problem Isn't Just Police, It's Politics / Scott Casleton

Getting to Freedom City / Robin D.G. Kelley

Teaching African American Literature During COVID-19 / Farah Jasmine Griffin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Subtitle from cover.

A copublication of Boston Review and Verso Books.

"Made possible by a generous grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation."

Editor's note / Deborah Chasman & Joshua Cohen -- The new politics of care / Gregg Gonsalves & Amy Kapczynski -- In this together. Ethics at a distance / Vafa Ghazavi -- Love one another or die / Amy Hoffman -- What would health security look like? / Sunaura Taylor -- Covid-19 and political cultures. Sweden's relaxed approach to Covid-19 isn't working / Adele Lebano -- Lucky to live in Berlin / Paul Hockenos -- The solidarity economy / Paul R. Katz & Leandro Ferreira -- No one is disposable. Covid-19 and the politics of disposability / Shaun Ossei-Owusu -- Covid-19 and the color line / Colin Gordon, Walter Johnson, Jason Q. Purnell, & Jamala Rogers -- Why has Covid-19 not led to more humanitarian releases? / Dan Berger -- Mothering in a pandemic / Anne L. Alstott -- The end of family values / Julie Kohler -- International labor solidarity in a time of pandemic / Manoj Dias-Abey -- A politics of the future / Simon Waxman -- Getting to freedom city. We should be afraid, but not of protesters / Melvin L. Rogers -- The problem isn't just police, it's politics / Alex S. Vitale interviewed by Scott Casleton -- Getting to freedom city / Robin D.G. Kelley -- Teaching African American literature during Covid-19 / Farah Jasmine Griffin.

ISBN:

9781839763090

1839763094

9781839763113

1839763116

9781839763106

1839763108

OCLC:

1195550952

Publisher Number:

99989112547