Laura Wildemann Kane

The Social Family

Sociality and the Ethics of Supporting Families

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book argues for an inclusive definition of the family that recognizes diverse caregiving relationships and outlines distinct familial and governmental obligations based on a taxonomy of needs.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 392g
• ISBN-13: 9781041112013
• ISBN-10: 1041112017
• Artikelnr.: 75368244

Autorenporträt

Laura Wildemann Kane is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Worcester State University and the Academic Director of the Clemente Course in the Humanities in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Identifying Family Through Purpose 2. What We Can
Expect From One Another: Examining Social Groups and Obligations 3. The
Social Family and the Obligation to Care 4. An Institutional Obligation to
Care 5. Relational Thinking and the Family-State Relationship.