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Portrait of Mikael Linnell. Photo: Emma Lord.

Mikael Linnell

Senior lecturer

Portrait of Mikael Linnell. Photo: Emma Lord.

Resilience: why should we think with care?

Author

  • Mikael Linnell
  • Catia Gregoratti
  • Martina Angela Caretta

Summary, in English

Resilience has become a ubiquitous term. Individuals, communities and societies are increasingly called upon to be resilient and build resilience as a way to withstand and bounce back from compound climate-induced shocks, conflicts, health and economic crises. In this provocation we critically interrogate the potential that resilience holds for moving beyond a world marked by crises and widening inequalities. A multidisciplinary corpus of feminist scholarship conceives of resilience as a conservative and deeply exclusionary biopolitical device. Against this background, we argue that expressions of resilience from above and below firmly guided by principles of care can be seen as serving socially and environmentally just ends. We thus encourage scholars, particularly feminist scholars, to continue engaging and engaging more courageously with these two concepts in a collective effort to reclaim resilience as a transformatory device.

Department/s

  • Department of Sociology
  • Department of Political Science
  • Department of Human Geography
  • LU Profile Area: Human rights

Publishing year

2024-11-25

Language

English

Pages

470-478

Publication/Series

Global Social Challenges Journal

Volume

3

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article (comment)

Publisher

Bristol University Press

Topic

  • Other Social Sciences

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2752-3349