Multitudes 2009/2 No 37-38
Journal article

Living at Mercy

Care and the Three Figures of Vulnerability in Contemporary Political Theories

Pages 132 to 141

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  • FERRARESE, Estelle,
2009. Living at Mercy Care and the Three Figures of Vulnerability in Contemporary Political Theories. Multitudes, 2009/2 No 37-38, p.132-141. DOI : 10.3917/mult.037.0132. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2009-2-page-132?lang=en.
  • Ferrarese, Estelle.
« Living at Mercy : Care and the Three Figures of Vulnerability in Contemporary Political Theories ». Multitudes, 2009/2 No 37-38, 2009. p.132-141. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2009-2-page-132?lang=en.
  • Ferrarese, E.
(2009). Living at Mercy Care and the Three Figures of Vulnerability in Contemporary Political Theories. Multitudes, No 37-38(2), 132-141. https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.037.0132.

https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.037.0132

Abstract
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Cite this article

  • Ferrarese, E.
(2009). Living at Mercy Care and the Three Figures of Vulnerability in Contemporary Political Theories. Multitudes, No 37-38(2), 132-141. https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.037.0132.
  • Ferrarese, Estelle.
« Living at Mercy : Care and the Three Figures of Vulnerability in Contemporary Political Theories ». Multitudes, 2009/2 No 37-38, 2009. p.132-141. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2009-2-page-132?lang=en.
  • FERRARESE, Estelle,
2009. Living at Mercy Care and the Three Figures of Vulnerability in Contemporary Political Theories. Multitudes, 2009/2 No 37-38, p.132-141. DOI : 10.3917/mult.037.0132. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2009-2-page-132?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.037.0132

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English

Theories of care participate in a movement within contemporary political theory to rehabilitate the idea of bodily and moral vulnerability as a moral and political problem. Three different accounts of vulnerability can be distinguished in this movement, which imply different moral reasonings and legitimize different political arrangements: the model of an availability for physical and moral harm, a close combination of the idea of vulnerability with the concept of dependance (which characterizes theories of care) and vulnerability as self-improperty.

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https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.037.0132

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