Kate Gosselin, Kody Brown, Joshua Duggar… Reality TV gives the impression that most if not all children are being abused. (Can you name a single family-based reality TV show from 2000-2010 that hasn’t beenimplicated in child abuse? I can’t). This month, Collin Gosselin, one of the eight children featured on TLC’s Jon and Kate Plus […]
CFP: Understanding the Family: Life – Love – Labor, Manchester, Sept. 9-11, 2019 (deadline: Jun. 1, 2019)
MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory 9th-11thSeptember 2019, Manchester, UK Convenor: Dr. Marina Martinez Mateo (Goethe University Frankfurt) marina.martinezmateo@normativeorders.net What is the family? What is its function and position in liberalism and – more specifically – in current late capitalism? Some claim that the family stands in opposition to capitalism, while others emphasize their direct connectedness. […]
