Mutual Accompaniment and the Creation of the Commons
Author | : Mary Watkins |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 373 |
Release | : 2019-06-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780300236149 |
ISBN-13 | : 030023614X |
Rating | : 4/5 (14X Downloads) |
Download or read book Mutual Accompaniment and the Creation of the Commons written by Mary Watkins and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark book that maps a radical model not only for the "helping" professions but for the work of solidarity This timely and pathbreaking volume maps a radical model of accompaniment, exploring its profound implications for solidarity. Psychosocial and ecological accompaniment is a mode of responsive assistance that combines psychosocial understanding with political and cultural action. Accompaniment--grounded in horizontality, interdependence, and potential mutuality--moves away from hierarchical and unidirectional helping-profession approaches that decontextualize suffering. Watkins envisions a powerful paradigm of mutual solidarity with profound implications for creating commons in the face of societal division and indifference to suffering.