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In this vibrant exchange, Alphonso Lingis further elicits what performing care entails when it comes to considering our words and actions―be they addressed, seemingly mechanical, or ritualized. According to Lingis, as demands and rituals inform us, the boundaries between the “I” and the other, or between our bodies and the world, dissolve. Lingis thus shows how caring could potentially contribute to reinventing the way philosophy approaches meaning. Carefully paying attention to what we tend to exclude from our usual perception could significantly broaden the scope of our knowledge practices.
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Lingis, A., Alliot, J. (2017). Performing Care: Exploring Rituals, Demands and Otherness. In: Street, A., Alliot, J., Pauker, M. (eds) Inter Views in Performance Philosophy. Performance Philosophy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95192-5_26
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