Affirmation, Care Ethics, and LGBT Identity (eBook)

Tim R. Johnston (Autor)

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2016
107 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan US (Verlag)
9781137593047 (ISBN)

Infos

In this book, Johnston argues that affirmation is not only encouragement or support, but also the primary mechanism we use to form our identities and create safe spaces. Using the work of feminist care ethics and the thinking of French philosopher Henri Bergson to examine responses to school bullying and abuses faced by LGBT older adults, he provides the theoretical analysis and practical tools LGBT people and their allies need to make all spaces, public and private, spaces in which we can live openly as members of the LGBT community.

With its combination of philosophical theory and on-the-ground activist experience, this text will be useful to anyone interested in philosophy, women's and gender studies, psychology, aging, geriatrics, and LGBT activism. 

Tim R. Johnston, PhD is the Assistant Director of Social Enterprise and Training for SAGE (Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Elders), the nation's oldest and largest organization dedicated to GLBT older adults. He is responsible for overseeing SAGE's national cultural competency training program.

Inhalt

Personal Acknowledgments 6
Formal Acknowledgments 7
Contents 8
Chapter 1: Introduction: The Need for Affirming Spaces 9
Methodology and Chapter Outline 14
Chapter 2: Affirmation and Care Ethics 19
Affirmation and Relational Selfhood 22
Affirmation in the Mother–Child Relationship 26
Holding Across the Life Span 32
The Feeling of Affirmation 37
References 40
Chapter 3: Embodied Memory and Fluid Mobility 41
Bergson on Space and Duration 44
Perception and Fluid Mobility 47
Spatializing the Self 56
Association and Recognition 60
Subcultural Spaces 63
References 65
Chapter 4: Affirmation and Adolescent Bullying 67
Defining Bullying 69
Affirmation and the Relational Self 73
A Feminist Take on Bullying 78
Affirmation and Ecological Solutions 81
References 84
Chapter 5: LGBT Aging and Elder Abuse 86
Aging as an LGBT Person 89
Affirmation and LGBT Aging 94
Creating Safe Spaces and Providers 97
Lessons from LGBT Aging 101
References 103
Chapter 6: Conclusion 105
Index 108

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.6.2016
• Zusatzinfo: VII, 107 p.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: aging • Bisexual • Bullying • Care Ethics • Continental Philosophy • durée • durée • feminist ethics • gay • Henri Bergson • Lesbian • LGBT • LGBT seniors • Queer • safe space • Transgender
• ISBN-13: 9781137593047 / 9781137593047