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Who Is Ill When a Society Is Ill? (2021)
Hirvonen, O. (2021). Who Is Ill When a Society Is Ill?. In N. Harris (Ed.), Pathology Diagnosis and Social Research : New Applications and Explorations (pp. 141-162). Palgrave Macmillan. Political Philosophy and Public Purpose. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70582-4_6
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Hirvonen, Onni
Parent publication: Pathology Diagnosis and Social Research : New Applications and Explorations
Parent publication editors: Harris, Neal
ISBN: 978-3-030-70581-7
eISBN: 978-3-030-70582-4
Journal or series: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose
ISSN: 2524-714X
eISSN: 2524-7158
Publication year: 2021
Pages range: 141-162
Number of pages in the book: 286
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication: Cham
Publication country: Switzerland
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70582-4_6
Publication open access: Not open
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Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/78472
Abstract
This chapter gives an overview of four different approaches to social pathologies, which are present in contemporary critical social theory, and analyses their social-ontological commitments. The different approaches can be divided into two camps. The ‘thin sense’ of social pathology focuses on social wrongs, and the socially caused and pervasive suffering of individuals. The ‘thick sense’ of social pathology, in turn, claims that society is its own entity, or a whole, which can be ill. This chapter discloses the ontological commitments behind different conceptions of social pathology in order to highlight what difference these commitments make in relation to the critical potential of social theory. The chapter finishes with an outline of a critical social ontology.
Keywords: social pathology; social philosophy; ontologies (information management)
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Ministry reporting: Yes
Reporting Year: 2021
JUFO rating: 3