A Violent History of Benevolence: Interlocking Oppression in the Moral Economies of Social Working

by Chris Chapman and A.J. Withers

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1442628863

ISBN13:9781442628861

Release Date:February 2019

Publisher:University of Toronto Press

Length:536 Pages

Weight:1.75 lbs.

Dimensions:1.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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