Human development and the Catholic social tradition towards an integral ecology

This book brings development theory and practice into dialogue with a religious tradition in order to construct a new, transdisciplinary vision of development with integral ecology at its heart. It focuses on the Catholic social tradition and its conception of integral human development, on the on...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Deneulin, Séverine, 1974- author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York, New York : Routledge 2021.
[2021]
Edition:1st ed
Series:Routledge research in religion and development.
Subjects:
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009624645406719
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 The concept of development
  • Sen's capability approach to development
  • The kinds of lives that people live
  • An open-ended framework for evaluation
  • Attention to human suffering and to the marginalized
  • Integral human development
  • The kinds of lives that people live: integrating the spiritual
  • Attention to suffering and marginalization: integrating the earth
  • Broadening the evaluation of states of affairs: integrating oneself
  • Concluding remarks
  • 2 Anthropological visions
  • The anthropological vision of Sen's conception of development
  • Each individual person, in relationships, as an end
  • Speaking, listening, empathy, and reasoning
  • Open-ended anthropological vision
  • The anthropological vision of the Catholic social tradition
  • Each individual person, in relation with others and the earth, as an end
  • Listening, empathy, and reasoning, earth and gift
  • Concluding remarks
  • 3 Transformational pathways
  • Transformational pathways in Sen's conception of development
  • Public action: listening, organizing, and solidarity
  • Public reasoning and power
  • Transformational pathways in the Catholic social tradition
  • Public action: charity, social love, and accompaniment
  • Public reasoning: encounter, self-examination, and transformation
  • Concluding remarks
  • Conclusion
  • Index.