RETHINKING CARE: FROM PRACTICES TO ONTO-POLITICS

This paper is a theoretical review of the course followed by most of the main care researches, along with feminist claims of its centrality. We argue that it arrives at a concept of care as complex socio-practical processes which are fundamental for subjectivities, social consensus and the perpetuation of a common world. Thinking about interdependence in such practices, 'ethics of care' and the emergence of a post-humanist perspective, we are able to go, in a second movement, beyond that concept describing the specific logic of care practices as a tinkering logic and claiming for a transition from those ethics to an eventual ontology of matters of care which is inevitably political and changes our vision of ourselves and our placement in environment.

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This paper provides a theoretical review of mainstream care researches, exploring the feminist perspective on the centrality of care. By understanding care as complex socio-practical processes, the concept of care is seen as crucial for subjectivities and social consensus. The paper argues for a transition from ethics of care to an ontology of matters of care, emphasizing the political nature of this shift and its impact on our worldview.