The capacity to care gender and ethical subjectivity / Wendy Hollway.

Author/creator Hollway, Wendy
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge,
Descriptionix, 152 pages ; 24 cm.
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SeriesWomen and psychology
Women and psychology. ^A403843
Contents Introducing the capacity to care -- Care, ethics, and relational subjectivity -- Intersubjectivity in self development -- Maternal subjectivity and the capacity to care -- The gender of parenting, the gender of care -- Difference, ethics, and the capacity to care.
Abstract "In this book, the author addresses the assumption that the capacity to care is innate. She argues that key processes in the early development of babies and young children create the capability for individuals to care, with a focus on the role of intersubjective experience and parent-child relations. The Capacity to Care also explores the controversial belief that women are better at caring than men and questions whether this is likely to change with contemporary shifts in parenting and gender relations. Similarly, the sensitive domain of the quality of care and how to consider whether care has broken down are also debated, alongside a consideration of what constitutes a 'good enough' family." "The Capacity to Care provides a unique theorization of the nature of selfhood, drawing on developmental and object relations psychoanalysis, philosophical and feminist literatures. It will be of relevance to social scientists studying gender development, gender relations and the family as well as those interested in the ethics of care debate."--Jacket.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 138-145) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2006015101
ISBN041539967X (hbk.)
ISBN0415399688 (pbk.)
ISBN9780415399678 (hbk.)
ISBN9780415399685 (pbk.)

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