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SUMMARY:Care theory:  Philosophy\, Literature\, critical thought
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DESCRIPTION:A Workshop with Ulrike Vedder (Humboldt University\, Berlin) and Anette Schwarz (Cornell).  Care theory\, understood as a relationship-based moral framework\, emphasizes empathy\, responsiveness\, and interdependence over abstract\, impartial rules. It originated in the discourse of feminist psychology\, which focused on maintaining connections within the fields of education\, social work\, and nursing. This workshop broadens the scope of care theory including contemporary literature and current philosophical debates. What is the relationship between the ethics of care and literature? Is there an aesthetics of care?  Ulrike Vedder: “Power Relations\, Bodies\, Objects of Care: Care Performances in Contemporary Literature”  Ulrike Vedder is Professor of Modern German Literature and Theories and Methods of Literary Gender Studies. She is currently the Max Kade Visiting Professor in the Dept. of German at NU. She is the author of Das Testament als literarisches Dispositiv. Kulturelle Praktiken des Erbes in der Literatur des 19. Jahrhunderts  and edited the Handbuch Literatur & Materielle Kultur. She has published widely in the areas of Modernism; Contemporary Literature; Gender Studies; and Material Culture.  Anette Schwarz: “Care as Philosophy: The Medical Humanities and Critical Thought”  Anette Schwarz is Associate Professor of German at Cornell University. She is the author of Melancholie: Figuren und Orte einer Stimmung and works in the fields of Romanticism; Realism; Twentieth Century Prose; Literary Theory; Psychoanalysis; and the Medical Humanities
LOCATION:Kresge Hall\, 3354\, 1880 Campus Drive\, Evanston\, IL 60208
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