Conceptos e ideas clave en la obra de Mary Ellen Richmond y la vigencia actual de su pensamiento
Author(s) -
Bibiana Travi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
cuadernos de trabajo social
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1698-1197
pISSN - 0214-0314
DOI - 10.5209/rev_cuts.2011.v24.36855
Subject(s) - pragmatism , sociology , humanism , epistemology , symbolic interactionism , field (mathematics) , democracy , george (robot) , interactionism , social science , philosophy , art history , politics , theology , law , political science , art , mathematics , pure mathematics
This work presents the results of more than ten years of historical/professional research. Its objective is to cast light on concepts and ideas developed by Mary Ellen Richmond, which can be found in the books Social Diagnosis (1917) and What is Social Case Work (1922), and to analyze their current validity. We work from the hypothesis that, since its beginnings, Social Work has raised a series of theoretical concepts that have oriented the ways of «understanding» and of «intervening».We argue that certain notions widely used in the professional field today are not «new», and that they have constituted the basis of the theoretical and conceptual framework articulated among them in a coherent relationship with a conception of the comprehensive social science, inspired in humanistic democratic values, the philosophical pragmatism and the symbolic interactionism developed mainly by John Dewey and George H. Mead.The main concepts and ideas to be analyzed here are: individual differences, complexity, diversity and «the wider self». Due to the conceptual framework presented by the author, however, this study will also refer to the relationship between theory and practice, the relationship between individual and society, social equality, and the contribution of Social Work to democracy, among others.En este trabajo se presentan resultados de más de diez años de investigación histórico-disciplinar1. Su objetivo es dar visibilidad a conceptos e ideas clave desarrolladas por Mary Ellen Richmond, presentes en las obras Diagnóstico Social (1917) y Caso Social Individual (1922), y analizar su vigencia actual. Partimos de la hipótesis que el Trabajo Social desde su inicio ha planteado una serie de fundamentos teóricos que orientaron los modos de «comprender » y de «intervenir».Sostenemos que ciertas nociones ampliamente utilizadas hoy en el campo disciplinar no son «nuevas», y que constituyeron la base del esquema teórico-conceptual articuladas entre sí en una coherente relación con una concepción de la ciencia «comprensivista», inspiradas en valores humanistas democráticos, el pragmatismo filosófico y el interaccionismo simbólico desarrollados principalmente por John Dewey y George H. Mead.Los principales conceptos e ideas a analizar aquí son: las diferencias individuales, complejidad, diversidad y apertura del yo. Sin embargo debido al entramado conceptual que presenta la autora, también se hará referencia a la relación teoría-práctica, la relación individuo-sociedad, la igualdad social y la contribución del Trabajo Social a la democracia, entre otros
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