The politics of care : from COVID-19 to Black lives matter /

"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 soci...

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Other Authors:	Chassmen, Deborah (Editor), Cohen, Joshua, 1951- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, MA : [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : Boston Review ; Verso Books, [2020]
Series:	Forum (Cambridge, Mass.) ; 15.
Subjects:	Racism. Race relations. COVID-19 (Disease) Public health.
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.