Who Cares? Event at ICA

A mention for an event organised by the creative consultancy I'm associated with, New Integrity, entitled Who Cares? It's a very relevant debate in terms of the Play Ethic book - in the 'Lifestyle Militants' chapter, I talk about the play-care continuum, with the rights of play implying the responsibility to care. The question of how a society of connected individualists can find a language in which to express its social commitments is urgent - and one I've explored in my consultancy engagements. Here's the blurb:

Who Cares?

ICA, Pall Mall, London
Tue 21 Sep @ 19:00
Brandon Room
Full Price : £8.
Concession : £7.
ICA Members : £6.

We are told the ethic of public service has been eroded in the UK, leading to the demise of civitas, and the dwindling of a willing workforce for the public services. What motivates the public servant? And what exactly is it that we have reportedly lost? Shouldn't we welcome a work market where people are paid - and valued - for their labour, and not expected to work out of good will? Can public services survive in a culture which focuses on individual fulfilment? Speakers: Charlie Leadbeater, author of Civic Spirit: The Big Idea for a New Political Era; Bill Jordan, author of Social Work and the Third Way: Tough Love and Social Policy; Heather Wakefield, national secretary at Unison; David Bell, psychoanalyst and psychiatrist at the Tavistock, editor of Psychoanalysis and Culture; Ruth Lea, Director, the Centre for Policy Studies.

Hosted by New Integrity

I'll be introducing the event, so it'd be great to see some of you there.