Rethinking the Human and the Social
Towards a Multiverse of Transformations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7299072 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A K Giri (0000-0002-7090-0923, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Social Quality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1757-0344 • E-ISSN: 1757-0352 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/ijsq.2011010109 |
| OpenAlex | W2334981024 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 8 |
Our understanding of the human and the social, as well as our realization of these, are in need of fundamental transformations, as our present day use of these are deeply anthropocentric, Eurocentric and dualistic. Human development discourse looks at the human in an adjectival way, so does the social quality approach to the category of the social: neither reflects the profound rethinking both the categories have gone through even in the Western theoretical imagination (for example, the critique of humanism in philosophy and the critique of socio-centrism in sociology). In this context, the present essay explores the ways these two categories are being rethought in Western theoretical imagination and discusses the non-anthropocentric and post-anthropocentric conceptualization and realization of the human, which resonates with non-socio-centric and post-social conceptions of society. The essay also opens these two categories to cross-cultural and planetary conversations and on the way rethinks subjectivity, sovereignty, temporality and spatiality. It pleads for a foundational rethinking of human security and social quality and for creative intertwining between the two with visions and practices of practical spirituality
Anthropocentrism · Conceptualization · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Humanism · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Sovereignty · Subjectivity · Vision · Anthropology · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Religion, Society, and Development
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2022 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |