A Violent History Of Benevolence

Author : Chris Chapman,A.J. Withers
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442628861

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Violent History of Benevolence by Chris Chapman,A.J. Withers Pdf

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.

Author : Chris Chapman,A.J. Withers
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781442625099

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A Violent History of Benevolence by Chris Chapman,A.J. Withers Pdf

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.

Author : Julie Janson
Publisher : Magabala Books
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781925936650

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Benevolence by Julie Janson Pdf

For perhaps the first time in novel form, Benevolence presents an important era in Australia’s history from an Aboriginal perspective. Benevolence is told from the perspective of Darug woman, Muraging (Mary James), born around 1813. Mary’s was one of the earliest Darug generations to experience the impact of British colonisation. At an early age Muraging is given over to the Parramatta Native School by her Darug father. From here she embarks on a journey of discovery and a search for a safe place to make her home. The novel spans the years 1816-35 and is set around the Hawkesbury River area, the home of the Darug people, Parramatta and Sydney. The author interweaves historical events and characters — she shatters stereotypes and puts a human face to this Aboriginal perspective.

Author : A.J. Withers
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-19T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773633435

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Disability Politics and Theory by A.J. Withers Pdf

An accessible introduction to disability studies, Disability Politics and Theory provides a concise survey of disability history, exploring the concept of disability as it has been conceived from the late 19th century to the present. Further, A.J. Withers examines when, how and why new categories of disability are created and describes how capitalism benefits from and enforces disabled people’s oppression. Critiquing the model that currently dominates the discipline, the social model of disability, this book offers an alternative: the radical disability model. This model builds on the social model but draws from more recent schools of radical thought, particularly feminism and critical race theory, to emphasize the role of intersecting oppressions in the marginalization of disabled people and the importance of addressing disability both independently and in conjunction with other oppressions. Intertwining theoretical and historical analysis with personal experience this book is a poignant portrayal of disabled people in Canada and the U.S. – and a radical call for social and economic justice.

Author : Kris Clarke,Leece Lee-Oliver,Satu Ranta-Tyrkkö
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447371458

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Decolonising Social Work in Finland by Kris Clarke,Leece Lee-Oliver,Satu Ranta-Tyrkkö Pdf

Introduction and Chapter 10 available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book examines the contemporary social care realities and practices of Finland, a small nation with a history enmeshed in social relations as both coloniser and colonised. Decolonising Social Work in Finland: · Interrogates coloniality, racialisation and diversity in the context of Finnish social work and social care. · Brings together racialised and mainstream White Finnish researchers, activists and community members to challenge relations of epistemic violence on racialised populations in Finland. · Critically unpacks colonial views of care and wellbeing. It will be essential reading for international scholars and students in the fields of Social Work, Sociology, Indigenous Studies, Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Education.

Author : Robyn Maynard
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781552669808

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Policing Black Lives by Robyn Maynard Pdf

Delving behind Canada’s veneer of multiculturalism and tolerance, Policing Black Lives traces the violent realities of anti-blackness from the slave ships to prisons, classrooms and beyond. Robyn Maynard provides readers with the first comprehensive account of nearly four hundred years of state-sanctioned surveillance, criminalization and punishment of Black lives in Canada. While highlighting the ubiquity of Black resistance, Policing Black Lives traces the still-living legacy of slavery across multiple institutions, shedding light on the state’s role in perpetuating contemporary Black poverty and unemployment, racial profiling, law enforcement violence, incarceration, immigration detention, deportation, exploitative migrant labour practices, disproportionate child removal and low graduation rates. Emerging from a critical race feminist framework that insists that all Black lives matter, Maynard’s intersectional approach to anti-Black racism addresses the unique and understudied impacts of state violence as it is experienced by Black women, Black people with disabilities, as well as queer, trans, and undocumented Black communities. A call-to-action, Policing Black Lives urges readers to work toward dismantling structures of racial domination and re-imagining a more just society.

Author : Donna Goodwin,Maureen Connolly
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781000803112

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Reflexivity and Change in Adaptive Physical Activity by Donna Goodwin,Maureen Connolly Pdf

This provocative and challenging book argues for the vital importance of critical self-reflexion in the field of adaptive physical activity (APA). It makes a powerful case for embracing discussions of the harm caused by ableist assumptions of the ideal body, maximizing capabilities and perfecting normative-based movement that dominate contemporary discourse in APA, and calls for more critical introspection about what APA is, how it is performed, and what might be needed to bring a collaborative relational ethic to this field. The book focuses on two key themes. Firstly, how ableism as a foundational belief system of APA is present in the undergraduate curriculum, professional preparation, professional practice, and organizational policies. Secondly, how to make the comfortable uncomfortable by openly debating the harm that results from non-reflexive (nondisabled) hubris in APA. The goal is to spark an exchange of ideas among scholars, practitioners, and organizational leaders and therefore to shift the paradigm from one of professional expertism to one that centres disability wisdom holders, bringing a fundamental change to how we perform adaptive physical activity. This book is important, progressive reading for anybody with an interest in adaptive physical activity, adapted physical education, disability sport, inclusive education, the philosophy and ethics of disability and sport, or disability in wider society.

Author : Kung-chuan Hsiao
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400869534

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History of Chinese Political Thought, Volume 1 by Kung-chuan Hsiao Pdf

This volume launches the translation of a work that describes the development of Chinese political thought from the time of Confucius in the late Chou era into the twentieth century. The author systematically treats leading thinkers, schools, and movements, displaying a consummate mastery of traditional Chinese learning, and of Western analytical and comparative methods. This first complete translation includes prefatory remarks by Kung-chuan Hsiao and notes prepared by the translator to assist the Western reader. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Scott Laderman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520971028

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Imperial Benevolence by Scott Laderman Pdf

This is a necessary and urgent read for anyone concerned about the United States' endless wars. Investigating multiple genres of popular culture alongside contemporary U.S. foreign policy and political economy, Imperial Benevolence shows that American popular culture continuously suppresses awareness of U.S. imperialism while assuming American exceptionalism and innocence. This is despite the fact that it is rarely a product of the state. Expertly coordinated essays by prominent historians and media scholars address the ways that movies and television series such as Zero Dark Thirty, The Avengers, and even The Walking Dead, as well as video games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops, have largely presented the United States as a global force for good. Popular culture, with few exceptions, has depicted the U.S. as a reluctant hegemon fiercely defending human rights and protecting or expanding democracy from the barbarians determined to destroy it.

Author : Peter Fredet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : History, (general)
ISBN : NYPL:33433082424460

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Modern History by Peter Fredet Pdf

Author : Leslie Allison Brown,Susan Strega
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : 9781551308821

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Research as Resistance, 2e by Leslie Allison Brown,Susan Strega Pdf

Author : Peter Fredet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : History, Modern
ISBN : UVA:X000367537

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Modern History ; from the Coming of Christ and Change of the Roman Republic Into an Empire, to the Year of Our Lord 1854 by Peter Fredet Pdf

Author : Peter Fredet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : History, Modern
ISBN : NYPL:33433082424478

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Modern History from the Coming of Christ and the Change of the Roman Republic Into an Empire to the Year of Our Lord 1854 by Peter Fredet Pdf

Author : A.J. Withers
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-10T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773634982

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Fight to Win by A.J. Withers Pdf

AJ Withers draws on their own experiences as an organizer, extensive interviews with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) activists and Toronto bureaucrats, and freedom of information requests to provide a detailed account of the work of OCAP. This book shows that poor people’s organizing can be effective even in periods of neoliberal retrenchment. Fight to Win tells the stories of four key OCAP homelessness campaigns: stopping the criminalization of homeless people in a public park; the fight for poor people’s access to the Housing Shelter Fund; a campaign to improve the emergency shelter system and the City’s overarching, but inadequate, Housing First policy; and the attempt by the City of Toronto to drive homeless people from encampments during the COVID pandemic. This book shows how power works at the municipal level, including the use of a multitude of demobilization tactics, devaluing poor people as sources of knowledge about their own lives, and gaslighting poor people and anti-poverty activists. AJ Withers also details OCAP’s dual activist strategy — direct-action casework coupled with mass mobilization — for both immediate need and long-term change. These campaigns demonstrate the validity of OCAP’s longstanding critiques of dominant homelessness policies and practices. Each campaign was fully or partially successful: these victories were secured by anti-poverty activists through the use of, and the threat of, direct disruptive action tactics.

Author : A. J. Withers
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-09
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1773635670

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Disability Politics and Theory by A. J. Withers Pdf

Disability oppression is not simply about making people disabled by not accommodating impairment, it is interlocked with capitalism, cisheteropatriarchy, colonialism and racism.