Multiply vulnerable populations: mobilising a politics of compassion from the ‘capacity to hurt’

摘要: This paper reflects on the concept of insecurity defined as ‘the capacity to hurt’. It begins by considering asylum seekers and refugees hyper-precarious groups that have experienced bodily, material psychological ‘hurt’ in UK. At same time, considers how these are perceived hurt (bodily, materially, psychologically spatially) majority population. Having drawn out two understandings hurt—both ability be or feel act hurting others, we argue a shared recognition what it means (co-suffering suffering together)—albeit very different extremes with consequences—and an understanding processes which drive this might mobilised politically challenge others. In doing so, for group politics compassion respond increasingly insecure times.