A Violent History of Benevolence

Download or read book A Violent History of Benevolence written by Christopher S. Chapman and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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."--