Sociality

Reviews / Votes

Sociality is what it means to be human; it underpins love, solidarity and social rights. Through this engaging exposition Hartley Dean beautifully finesses his long-standing commitment to social rights. He takes the reader to an alternative humanistic framing of the practical, philosophical and post-national realisation of the meeting of human needs.

Fiona Williams, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, University of Leeds

In his new and fascinating book, Hartley Dean augments his earlir work on needs and social rights with an analysis of sociality which refers to the inherent aptitude of human beings for cooperation, care and interdependence. Encapsulating complex ideas in an all-embracing and novel narrative, the book makes a major contribution to welfare theory.

James Midgley, Professor of Public Services, University of California

While the world is searching for non-exploitative models of co-living, this book comes as a stimulating breeze, instilling confidence in our search for innovative solutions in a world of inequality. The book is a comprehensive examination of the idea of sociality, whose philosophical foundations are re-examined to provide a new lens

Sony Pelissery, Professor, National Law School of India University

The original and innovative argument of this book is that human welfare is based on an essential sociality and that it can only be achieved though social rights. Sociality: Social Rights and Human Welfare traces the origins of the idea of sociality, its development and its relationship to the modern welfare state and the challenges that it now faces.

Peter Taylor-Gooby, Professor of Social Policy, University of Kent

This evocatively provocative book innovatively analyzes and inextricably links social rights and human welfare through a 'sociality' lens. Compelling, humanistic, and profoundly philosophical, it pierces our hearts and minds. It propels us to do more towards realizing our instinct to care for one another-both individually and institutionally and thereby achieve human potential and universal social development; a welfare world beyond the confines of the welfare state. Anyone interested in social policy and human welfare will greatly benefit from this beguiling book.

Manohar Pawar, Professor of Social Work, Charles Sturt University, Australia