LEADER 03704nam 2200649 450 001 9910456457803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-99598-3 010 $a9786611995980 010 $a1-4426-7040-1 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442670402 035 $a(CKB)2420000000003793 035 $a(OCoLC)288146155 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10226398 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000306245 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11195617 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000306245 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10298318 035 $a(PQKB)10467640 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00602044 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3257996 035 $a(DE-B1597)464138 035 $a(OCoLC)944178479 035 $a(OCoLC)999354598 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442670402 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671147 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671147 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256872 035 $a(OCoLC)958564934 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000003793 100 $a20160922h20012001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA poetics of social work $epersonal agency and social transformation in Canada, 1920-1939 /$fKen Moffatt 210 1$aToronto, [Canada] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2001. 210 4$dİ2001 215 $a1 online resource (167 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8020-8382-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. The Contested Concepts of Social Service and Social Change -- $t2. Social Work Practice Informed by Philosophy: The Social Thought of Edward Johns Urwick -- $t3. Dorothy Livesay's Politics of Engagement -- $t4. Social Science in a Secular Society: The Thought of Carl Addington Dawson -- $t5. A Scientific and Philanthropic Christian Community: The Philosophy of Charlotte Whitton -- $tConclusion -- $tNOTES -- $tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- $tINDEX 330 $aIn A Poetics of Social Work, Ken Moffatt considers the epistemological influences in the field of Canadian social work and social welfare from 1920 to 1939. Here, modernist constructs of knowledge are explored through the analysis of the thought of leading social welfare practitioners, namely Dorothy Livesay, Carl Dawson, Charlotte Whitton, and E.J. Urwick. These four figures represent a wide cross-section of Anglo-Canadian social thought at two of Canada's most influential universities (McGill and Toronto), and Moffatt's study of their thinking reveals the presence of a diversity of approaches to social work and social change during this period.By challenging the notion that human values and humanitarian concerns were abandoned in favour of science, empirical findings, and technical interpretation of authoritative knowledge, the author attempts to expand the concept of the social work knowledge base and explores how social work emerged as a profession in Canada. Moffatt's study presents a broad context for analysis, and provides fascinating reading and source material for those interested in history, philosophy, literature, and biography, as well as social work and the social sciences. 606 $aSocial service$zCanada$xPhilosophy$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSocial service$xPhilosophy$xHistory. 676 $a361.3/01 700 $aMoffatt$b Kenneth James$f1952-$01040732 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456457803321 996 $aA poetics of social work$92463828 997 $aUNINA