When you care : the unexpected magic of caring for others / Elissa Strauss.
Edition:
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Publisher:
Gallery Books,
Copyright Date:
2024
Description:
viii, 303 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-303).
Contents:
Introduction: Why care? -- Part one: Looking out. Breaking the glass doors: Building a feminism of care -- Social housekeepers: When women embraced care -- A new man: On the rise of male caregivers and how care changes men -- Love and money: The economic and social might of care -- Part two: Looking within. Survival of the most sympathetic: Rediscovering Charles Darwin and our instinct to care -- The feeling is mutual: How caring for others can better our minds and bodies -- A philosophy of care: Through caregiving, we can encounter big questions, and big answers -- When revelation takes place at home: Care's spiritual potential and why it's so easy to ignore -- Conclusion: Interdependently.
Summary:
"Journalist Elissa Strauss explores the powerful role caring for others plays in our individual and communal lives, weaving together research about care and stories from parents and caregivers, with a feminist bent" -- Inside dust jacket.
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