Adam Ferner

Unhappy Families (eBook, ePUB)

Childcare in a Hopeless World

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Adam Ferner's engaging and personal book explores the ethical dimensions of childcare in a world riven by conflict and inequality. He argues that widespread attitudes towards biological parenthood contribute to these worsening crises and examines the liberatory potential of foster-care and adoption.

Written in a clear and jargon-free style, the book is informed by both Ferner's training as a philosopher and his extensive experience as a child support worker. His analysis foregrounds the concerns of young people largely marginalized by society, and he argues against the prevailing orthodoxy that hope is a necessary element of childcare. The book challenges us to look afresh at our everyday notions of parenthood, childcare and having children, and to question the dominant ethos of the family.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Agenda Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781788217446
• Artikelnr.: 70127960

Autorenporträt

Adam Ferner is a freelance writer and child support worker living in North London. He has a PhD in philosophy from Birkbeck and has written several books on the practical benefits of thinking philosophically as well as a collection of philosophical horror stories.