El Trabajo Social Crítico

Abstract

Much has been said, in our profession, of a “transformative”, “revolutionary”, “popular”, “alternative” Social Work. The critical analysis shows that these expressions represent much more a yearning and a desire, than an expression of reality. Today we talk about a “critical” Social Work; but with this we cannot make the same mistakes, to imagine that with a new adjective we can alter the historical sense of professional practice. It is necessary to clearly characterize what “criticism” is when we talk about critical Social Work, and what place criticism has in the professional (theoretical, political or practical) exercise. In this article we will analyze the senses of criticism and radical criticism in Social Work, which is the critical Social Work, and the possibility of a critical professional practice.

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