A Violent History of Benevolence: Interlocking Oppression in the Moral Economies of Social Working - Paperback

by Chris Chapman (Author), A. J. Withers (Author)

A Violent History of Benevolence traces how standard histories of liberalism, progress, and social work are inextricable from systemic violences of colonialism, racism, disablism, cisheteropatriarchy, eugenics, and capitalism.

Author Biography

Chris Chapman is an associate professor of Social Work at York University.
A.J Withers is a PhD candidate in the School of Social Work at York University, and an organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty.