Joan Tronto: Five Phases of Care | Spanish C2
A C2 Spanish analysis of Joan Tronto's five interconnected phases of care and their political implications.
Joan Tronto: cinco fases para pensar el cuidado
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What you'll learn
Advanced ethical vocabulary, analytical argumentation, concession and complex subjunctive structures.
A factual article with no invented scenes. It traces care ethics from Gilligan and Noddings to Tronto, explains five interconnected phases summarized by the United Nations, and examines feedback, responsibility, institutions and criticism.
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Phrases for training
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poner el cuidado en el centro
newput care at the center
To make care a main criterion for decisions.
Useful in political and institutional analysis.
hacerse cargo de
newtake responsibility for
To accept responsibility for addressing a need.
Expresses more than simply noticing a problem.
llevar a cabo
newcarry out
To perform or complete a task.
Common in formal explanations of action.
a la luz de
newin light of
To interpret something by considering certain information.
Useful for critical analysis.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Interdependence
interdependencia
interdependence
Mutual dependence among people or groups.
A central concept in care ethics.
Responsiveness
receptividad
responsiveness
Attention to the reaction and perspective of the person receiving care.
Helps understand feedback in care.
Adequacy
adecuación
adequacy
The degree to which a response fits a need.
Useful for evaluating outcomes.
Reciprocity
reciprocidad
reciprocity
A relationship in which parties respond to one another.
Important in collective care.
Slogan
consigna
slogan
A brief formula that can lose meaning through repetition.
Useful for criticizing empty language.
Reproduce
reproducir
reproduce
To cause a pattern or inequality to continue.
Common in social analysis.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Hypothetical condition
Si no se reconociera el problema
If the problem were not recognized...
The imperfect subjunctive reconociera presents a hypothetical condition.
Useful for unreal or hypothetical scenarios.
No basta con que
no basta con que una institución anuncie
it is not enough for an institution to announce
No basta con que requires the subjunctive because it evaluates an action as insufficient.
Useful for arguing that another condition is needed.
De ahí que
De ahí que el cuidado deje de ser
Therefore care ceases to be...
De ahí que expresses a consequence and requires the subjunctive.
Useful for formal argumentation.
Concession with por más que
Por más que el lenguaje del cuidado parezca cotidiano
however everyday the language of care may seem
Por más que presents a concession and takes the subjunctive here.
Useful for nuanced objections.
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