The Political Dimension of Care. An Interview with Joan Tronto

The introduction and the related interview with Joan Tronto aim at exploring the intellectual influence of her thought. Tronto seminal work on a critical theory of care has extended the debate on care beyond the boundaries of ethics, and placed it at the center of political, legal and social discussion. Both the introduction and the interview explore why care is today not only an academic issue but also a practical and a political one. The language of care provides a framework both for those who try to built a different, more just and ecological world after COVID-19, and for social movements such as Black Lives Matter that look forward to a healing form of justice.