Iain Ferguson Knihy

Examining the intersection of social work and social movements, this book delves into the evolving commitment to social justice within the profession. It highlights the conflicts between core social work values and market-driven agendas, while also identifying emerging sources of hope through resistance to managerialism. The exploration of these tensions offers a fresh perspective on the future of social work and its role in advocating for social justice.

This much-needed textbook provides a fresh understanding of the radical tradition and shows how it can be developed in contemporary social work.

Mental ill health has become one of the key 'public issues' of the 21st century. According to the World Health Organization, depression currently affects 350 million people. Politics of the Mind: Marxism and Mental Distress looks at the link between the economic and political system under which we live - capitalism - and the enormously high levels of mental ill-health which we see in the world today. The book ends by looking ahead to a world driven not by the demands of profit but on based on meeting human needs - a world which the Marxist psychoanalyst Erich Fromm called 'a sane society'.