Social work and a love of humanity |
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| Authors: | Louise Morley Jim Ife |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Social Work and Social Policy, Curtin University , E-mail: moreed@iinet.net.au;2. Social Work and Social Policy , School of Social Work and Social Policy at Curtin University , E-mail: j.ife@curtin.edu.ua |
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| Abstract: | Abstract The idea of a ‘love of humanity’, though largely absent from social work literature, is a potent concept for challenging the dominant discourses of individual material wealth, greed and power. It can be associated with the postmodern agenda of emancipation from oppressive discourses of professional ‘expertise’. Love, or a ‘love of humanity’, has the same intent as formulations of social work grounded in postmodern critical theory, but it uses a different language. It uses a language of lived experience and personal commitment - a language that appeals to our hearts -a language passionate about, and incorporating, human rights and social justice. |
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| Keywords: | humanity love social work |
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