Communication, recognition and social work: Aligning the ethical theories of Habermas and Honneth

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1274-1290

  Houston, Stan ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Critical social theory; Ethics; Identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449581347     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcn054     Document Type: Article

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