A Violent History of Benevolence - Interlocking Oppression in the Moral Economies of Social Working (Paperback)

A Violent History of Benevolence traces how normative histories of liberalism, progress, and social work enact and obscure systemic violences. Chris Chapman and A.J. Withers explore how normative social work history is structured in such a way that contemporary social workers can know many details about social work's violences, without ever imagining that they may also be complicit in these violences. Framings of social work history actively create present-day political and ethical irresponsibility, even among those who imagine themselves to be anti-oppressive, liberal, or radical. The authors document many histories usually left out of social work discourse, including communities of Black social workers (who, among other things, never removed children from their homes involuntarily), the role of early social workers in advancing eugenics and mass confinement, and the resonant emergence of colonial education, psychiatry, and the penitentiary in the same decade. Ultimately, A Violent History of Benevolence aims to invite contemporary social workers and others to reflect on the complex nature of contemporary social work, and specifically on the present-day structural violences that social work enacts in the name of benevolence.

General

Imprint:	University of Toronto Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	February 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Chris Chapman • A J Withers
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 37mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	536
ISBN-13:	978-1-4426-2886-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > Mental health services Books > History > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4426-2886-3
Barcode:	9781442628861

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