Theorizing social change
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چکیده
In this article I argue that social change deserves to be recognized as an area of philosophical study in its own right. provide a non-exhaustive overview existing work addresses the problem change, alongside preliminary framework elucidating some key concepts and distinctions for conceptualizing transformative change. More specifically, sketch out two broadly opposed approaches — “liberal” versus radical order excavate assumptions underlying extant literatures (and popular thinking) about then briefly outline other fundamental problems common all processes
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Philosophy Compass
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1747-9991']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12815