A Contemplative Approach to Clinical Sociology

• Authors: Vincenzo M.B. Giorgino
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

*This paper is based on different previous presentations, in particular Understanding and compassion. Towards an integration between spiritual and sociological knowledge S.P.A. Annual Conference, Anaheim (CA, USA), 18th August 2001, unpublished; “Contemplative knowledge and sociological understanding”, panel Contemplative understanding: a challenge to the sociological perspective, Sociological Practice Association (S.P.A.) Annual conference “Using Sociology for Good Purposes”, San Francisco (CA, U.S.A.) August 17th 2004; unpublished. Both have been reviewed and integrated for the recent Workshop Wakeful inquiry: experiencing contemplative sociology in science and practice, held a the ISA RC46 Conference “Clinical Sociology: Improving Lives and Communities through Analysis and Intervention” Madrid, 16-19 March 2013. Note: the pronoun indicating the first person singular is always written in minuscule character

Keywords

EN

clinical sociology; contemplative practices; contemplative inquiry

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Studies of Changing Societies
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 2013
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 107-120

Dates

online

2014-11-05

Contributors

author

Vincenzo M.B. Giorgino

• Aggregate Professor Department of Economic and Social Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics State University of Torino (Italy)

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/scs-2014-0155