An essential element to be able to analyze and understand the conception and implementation of care is time. On the one hand, this concerns the clock time available to individuals and collectives to be able to care for themselves and others. In societies dominated by wage labor, the time of employable persons is also shaped by it. Therefore, debates about reducing working hours are central to the concern for a gender-equitable redistribution of care responsibilities. Time sovereignty can be formulated as a target value, i.e. being able to dispose of one’s own time according to needs and thus reducing externally determined time. In addition, the time required for paid and unpaid care work is high and cannot be reduced without a loss of quality. Moreover, time is also important in terms of intergenerational justice, for example, when the consequences of careless or careless treatment of the environment and surroundings (see Völkle 2022).
Care Glossary
Terms for Caring Societies
