Gender, emotions, affections and care: new challenges for philosophy

Abstract

This work intends to trace a relationship between the recent academic opening of Philosophy to feminist studies in Brazil and how these, in large part, have been responsible for posing new challenges to the act of philosophizing from the possibilities brought by the discussion of the interactions between gender, affections, emotions and care studies. Bringing affections and emotions linked to gender to the discussion in Human Sciences and Philosophy, feminist studies seek to establish relationships with parts of human life that for centuries have been left aside in philosophical thought. Themes such as the relevance of emotions, care and affections are increasingly present within the spaces of debate. Feminist studies have not only expanded the possible themes within academia, but have also provided different possibilities for writing by emphasizing subjectivities. Starting from a bibliographic analysis of authors who research the role of affections, emotions and care, we argue here that feminist studies when bringing these themes as categories of analysis bring with them the very act of being wondered and affected with the world.