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Care and the transformative potential of ethics

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posted on 2023-06-09, 05:17 authored by Sarah ScuzzarelloSarah Scuzzarello, Catarina Kinnvall, Kristen Renwick Monroe
The final chapter interweaves the volume’s major themes and argues that the political psychology of real or perceived violence in a global world calls for new approaches for understanding the collective experience of diversity, violence, and ethics and the shaping of subjectivity. The chapter calls for the importance of adopting a relational understanding of the self whereby self and identity acquire meaning through constant interactions with others and contexts. It is also argued that globalization enables meetings with previously faraway others, which may lead to questioning one’s own convictions and conceptions of the self. The establishment of transformative dialogues between members of allegedly antagonistic groups, and particular attention to both the psychological underpinnings of closure and antagonistic relations and their structural causes can be conceived of as analytical tools to further our understanding of group closure and conflict. But they can also be important instruments if we are to seriously grasp the promotion of social courage, pro-social behavior, tolerance, care, and altruism.

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Publication status

  • Published

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Pages

303.0

Book title

On behalf of others: the morality of care in a global world

Place of publication

New York

ISBN

9780195385557

Department affiliated with

  • International Development Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Sussex Centre for Migration Research Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Editors

Catarina Kinnvall, Kristen R Monroe, Sarah Scuzzarello

Legacy Posted Date

2017-02-23

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