HUMAN NATURE DEBATE: Social Theory, Social Policy and the Caring Professions - Brossura

Cowen, Harry

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ISBN 10: 0745307418 ISBN 13: 9780745307411

Casa editrice: Pluto Press, 1994

Riassunto

Definitions of human nature have preoccupied philosophers, politicians, anthropologists and social scientists for centuries. Our conceptions of ourselves - what we perceive to be 'human nature' - have taken many forms from the abstract to the biologically determined.

In The Human Nature Debate, Harry Cowen describes the diversity of ideas about human nature and demonstrates the extent to which all such ideas are socially and politically grounded, reflecting the prevailing concerns and priorities of their times, from the classical Greek conceptions of 'rational man' to the behaviourist explanations that did so much to bolster and justify fascism and Stalinism in the twentieth century.

Cowen's admirably clear introduction to the history of ideas about human nature goes beyond the theorising to the ways in which concepts of human nature have both informed and reflected policy and practice. Drawing on a wealth of evidence and example, he demonstrates the political significance of the human nature debate, and looks at the vital interactions between theory and practice in the social sciences, social policy and social practice.

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L'autore:

Arun Kundnani is a fellow at the Open Society Institute in New York and was previously editor of Race & Class, published by the Institute of Race Relations, London. He is a leading commentator on racism, multiculturalism and counter-terrorism and has written for the Guardian and CNN.com.

Contenuti:

1. The Human Nature Debate 2. Dominant Theories of the Twentieth Century 3. Biology or Culture? 4. Sociology, Social Theory and the Human Nature 5. Biology, Racism and Aggression 6. Woman and Human Nature 7. Social Policy and Human Nature 8. Health Professions, Policies and Human Nature 9. Social Work and Models of Human Nature 10. Conclusions Bibliography

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• Editore: Pluto Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0745307418
• ISBN 13: 9780745307411
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224