Care ethics against Neoliberalism

How can we think up better responses to resist neoliberalism? And what if, maybe, these responses are actually actions, happenings, as proposed by care ethics?
This video was made in collaboration with Riley Valentine, who is a Ph.D. student in Political Science. They study political rhetoric and ideology, using care ethics as an alternative to neoliberalism. They grew up Cajun in Georgia, and attended Agnes Scot College and Louisiana State University.

Drawing from care ethics literature, Riley Valentine argues how care is one way of doing and acting morally towards those around us. Through paying attention to the voices of the marginalized, being caring and making space for weakness, one can answer to neoliberalism, an ideology of the powerful.

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Credits

Writer & Narrator: Riley Clare Valentine
Director, Editor & Narrator: Aron Nor
Art Director & Illustrator: Mina Mimosa
Assistance Director & Narrator: M. Martelli

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[spiderqueen]

thanks for the video! the algorithm brought me here :)
Do theorists have a framework for how this would be implemented? I ask because in my mutual aid work I frequently see people trying to deal with systemic issues on an individual level, eg: giving people money when they ask for things. This only works in more affluent neighbourhoods, where excess "resources" are concentrated. I don't se a framework for dismantling systems that actively make it harder for us to live, eg. commodified housing and healthcare, the rising costs of every living expense, corporate lobbying to suppress rising wages, etc. Giving someone money to treat their illness doesn't change the fact that the medical-industrial complex made medical treatments unattainable for half the world's population.
Not that there's anything to disagree with, just that this theory, decontextualized from greater political action, will lead to people trying to implement change in a system that is designed impede progress, without a plan to dismantle that system.
Or I don't know, maybe theorists believe this can be achieved within the current system! Sorry for the rant and thanks for introducing me to this topic :)

[jessekos]

I love this so much! I'd heard a little about care ethics before but it sound like it can change the world now.

[misssafira]

This is a beautiful presentation and eloquent discussion on the role care ethics can play in everyday relations as a move toward social change. Bravo!

[ecstaticcompassion]

This video is so beautiful. Thank you for creating it! The Care Ethics perspective has opened my eyes to new possibilities in normative ethics.

[juevesdecafe]

Que video tan bueno, está realizado con muy buen sustento teórico y se entiende a la claridad. Vengo de reddit r/criticaltheory, saludos desde México. No dejen de lado al pensamiento crítico latinoamericano que tiene aportaciones importantes sobre todo en el impulso neoliberal que tuvieron en las décadas de los 80's y 90's