The Relational Fabric of Community

Kenneth C. Bessant

ISBN 10: 113756041X / ISBN 13: 9781137560414

Published by Palgrave Macmillan Apr 2018, 2018

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Theoretical and philosophical work on community has yielded multifold definitions and analytical frameworks. Kenneth C. Bessant reflects on the inherent complexity and diversity of this deeply intersubjective aspect of lived social experience. He explores the relational underpinnings of early and more contemporary approaches to the study of community, with a particular emphasis on their core assumptions, concepts, and tenets. Each of these perspectives offers a relatively distinct interpretation of community, while also revealing the intrinsically relational fabric of its perpetual emergence, dynamism, and transformation. The ¿being-with¿ of relational social existence is the fundamental basis upon which all conceptions of community are built, and this is the epicenter around which the book revolves. Community is born of, exists within, and brings forth social relations. It is a living expression of relational willing, thinking, and acting.Palgrave Macmillan, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 260 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Relational Fabric of Community
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Apr 2018
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 113756041X
• ISBN 13: 9781137560414
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 19D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 453 grams

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Synopsis

Theoretical and philosophical work on community has yielded multifold definitions and analytical frameworks. Kenneth C. Bessant reflects on the inherent complexity and diversity of this deeply intersubjective aspect of lived social experience. He explores the relational underpinnings of early and more contemporary approaches to the study of community, with a particular emphasis on their core assumptions, concepts, and tenets. Each of these perspectives offers a relatively distinct interpretation of community, while also revealing the intrinsically relational fabric of its perpetual emergence, dynamism, and transformation. The ‘being-with’ of relational social existence is the fundamental basis upon which all conceptions of community are built, and this is the epicenter around which the book revolves. Community is born of, exists within, and brings forth social relations. It is a living expression of relational willing, thinking, and acting.

About the Author

Kenneth C. Bessant is Professor of Rural Development at Brandon University, Canada. His academic publications span a number of research areas: multidimensional scale analysis, typological method, sustainable livelihoods, and community development.