& Other Thoughts
Toward an Ethics of Failure
In Treatments, through an analysis of illness narratives and the cultural work they do, I emphasized the possibility of articulating an ethics of failure, or the condition of “being at a loss yet exploring various routes,” in the words of philosopher Gillian Rose in her illness narrative Love’s Work (1995).
Disregarding the Health of Others
In the COVID-19 pandemic, disregard has been wielded and weaponized.
