The concept of subject in the frame of social policy

Authors

  • Claudia Sandra Krmpotic Centro Argentino de Etnología Americana/Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y técnicas (CONICET) - Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1984-8951.2011v12n101p31

Abstract

We analyze the conception of the subject that underlies the definition of policies in order to rethink social policy from another angle. Traditional social policy as well as other progressive alternatives have defined their objectives in terms of a subject conceived as 'rational' and 'autonomous'. So, it seeks to deepen these features, putting in focus the subject and needs in 'emotional' key. From a theoretical problematization of the 'other in need', it will consider the conceptual and practical approaches to the problem of rationality and autonomy, and emotional issues related to relationships, language, suffering, ambivalence and dependence in a humanistic, critical and interdisciplinary perspective.

Author Biography

Claudia Sandra Krmpotic, Centro Argentino de Etnología Americana/Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y técnicas (CONICET) - Argentina

Published

2011-12-20

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