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A philosophy of birth: if you want to change the world, change the conversation

2021-06-10

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This essay is about why and how we should introduce birth into the canon of subjects explored by philosophy. Birth care brings to the fore fascinating philosophical questions: is a woman in labour a subject with full rights in practice as well as in theory? Can a labouring woman exercise her autonomy in a situation of maximum vulnerability but also maximum lucidity and awareness, as characterises the work of givin...

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Literature Corpus work: 55053185-6537-56cb-9de2-eb9386ef866f
DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.13333.1

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