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The Ontology of Well-Being in Social Policy and Welfare Practice Well-Being, Sociability, and False Consciousness: Radical Politics, Disability, Self-Knowledge, and Subjectivity v Objectivity

The Ontology of Well-Being in Social Policy and Welfare Practice : Well-Being, Sociability, and... [This chapter explores sociability, being one of the six ontological features of the human condition identified in Chap. 2, underpinning The Ontology of Well-Being Thesis (TOWT) defended throughout the book. Certainly, there are many positive aspects of sociability, such as engaging with others in reciprocal social relations, allowing for the pursuit and accomplishment of collective goals considered valuable and which enhance well-being. However, there are also negative aspects of sociability, explored in this chapter and in Chaps. 2, 4 and 7, reflecting how social relations are often oppressive and unjust for certain individuals and groups. The central claim defended here is that examining the character of these social relations, reveals conflicting interpretations of ‘self-consciousness’ derived from contrasting epistemological and normative understandings of ‘false consciousness’, and ‘self-knowledge’. These conflicting interpretations are also found in very different accounts of ‘radical politics’ concerning how well-being is best understood and promoted – notably for oppressed and socially excluded groups, such as disabled people, focussed on in this chapter. Subsequently, a number of other related issues are raised and explored here. That is, concerning the epistemological status of ‘subjective’ and ‘objective’ knowledge, including ‘self-knowledge’, and the co-productive development of social policy and welfare practiceWelfarepractice for groups defined as ‘vulnerable’, ‘disabled’, and in ‘need of care’.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Ontology of Well-Being in Social Policy and Welfare Practice Well-Being, Sociability, and False Consciousness: Radical Politics, Disability, Self-Knowledge, and Subjectivity v Objectivity

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
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978-3-031-18141-2
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145 –169
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10.1007/978-3-031-18142-9_6
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[This chapter explores sociability, being one of the six ontological features of the human condition identified in Chap. 2, underpinning The Ontology of Well-Being Thesis (TOWT) defended throughout the book. Certainly, there are many positive aspects of sociability, such as engaging with others in reciprocal social relations, allowing for the pursuit and accomplishment of collective goals considered valuable and which enhance well-being. However, there are also negative aspects of sociability, explored in this chapter and in Chaps. 2, 4 and 7, reflecting how social relations are often oppressive and unjust for certain individuals and groups. The central claim defended here is that examining the character of these social relations, reveals conflicting interpretations of ‘self-consciousness’ derived from contrasting epistemological and normative understandings of ‘false consciousness’, and ‘self-knowledge’. These conflicting interpretations are also found in very different accounts of ‘radical politics’ concerning how well-being is best understood and promoted – notably for oppressed and socially excluded groups, such as disabled people, focussed on in this chapter. Subsequently, a number of other related issues are raised and explored here. That is, concerning the epistemological status of ‘subjective’ and ‘objective’ knowledge, including ‘self-knowledge’, and the co-productive development of social policy and welfare practiceWelfarepractice for groups defined as ‘vulnerable’, ‘disabled’, and in ‘need of care’.]

Published: Nov 12, 2022

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