Human Narratives and Social Mindsets

Towards Methodological Humanism?
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-4473-8226-3
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This book introduces a critical way of thinking about the narratives around which the human species has shaped itself. It considers the way in which prevailing social mindsets preclude a full understanding of our fundamental interdependency as a species. It offers not a manifesto, but a methodology framed with reference to our human ‘species being’ – to the Nature-bound, self-consciously active, socially interdependent character of a global people.

Drawing from anthropological, historical and critical social science accounts, the book examines the shaping of human consciousness, our interactions with Nature, the origins of social domination and the constraints on human sociality.

Presenting a fundamental challenge to current policy, practice and thinking in the fields of social policy, social development and beyond, this book proposes a strikingly new narrative characterisation of the human subject.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dean, Hartley

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Sozialisation, Soziale Interaktion, Sozialer Wandel
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Neuzeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword – Fiona Williams

1. Introduction

2. Critiquing Capabilities

3. The Ethics of Migrant Welfare

4. The Translation of Needs into Rights

5. A Radical Humanist Approach to Social Welfare

6. From Altruism to Sociality

7. Conclusion: Towards Methodological Humanism

Über Autor(innen)

Dean, Hartley
Hartley Dean is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science.