Self-care and total care: the twofold return of care in twentieth-century thought

The paper studies two fundamentally different forms in which the concept of care makes its comeback in twentieth-century thought. We make use of a distinction made by Peter Sloterdijk, who argues that the ancient and medieval ‘ascetic’ ideal of self-enhancement through practice has re-emerged in the...

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Main Author: Backman, Jussi 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2020
In: International journal of philosophy and theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 81, Issue: 3, Pages: 275-291
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sloterdijk, Peter 1947- / Self-care
RelBib Classification:NBE Anthropology
TK Recent history
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Hellenistic Philosophy
B Michel Foucault
B Christianity
B Martin Heidegger
B Self-care
B Care
B Peter Sloterdijk
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