The Rationale for Generic Social Work in an Undergraduate Course in a Developing Country: the Zambian Case
or specific social work was first raised. Admittedly this was primarily related to social casework but it was here that the idea arose that while thcre might be a generic base which all social workers would be ’expected to know there were also specific aspects, in this case specific to the field of operation, that each worker would learn according to his area of intended work, (e.g., mental health, corrections, child welfare) . However, 1929 did not settle the issue. There is still a question today as to whether generic social work is a viable, professional and operable possibility. It is. my contention that it is, particularly in the context suggested for undergraduate level workers in a developing country.
The Social Assignment of Social Work
Social work is defined as the technology which has been given the responsibility for the control of dependency. "Dependency" is defined as a state of being in which one is not able to function in his various social roles using resources that he currently has available to him. Using the framework of social systems theory, this paper sees the major function of social work as the provision of interventive services at the level of the social system and at the level of the actor. The goal of this intervention is to provide resources for the individual that enable him to perform legitimate social roles and to change or repair social system elements that are dysfunctional and lead to dependency. This activity is the core of the professional assignment of social work and the major thing for which social work is held accountable by both society and the clientele. No value assumptions are involved other than that of utility, i.e., this assignment is made in the mutual need of society and the individual to survive in a stable relationship.
Nietzsche's Task: An Interpretation of Beyond Good and Evil
When Nictzsche published Beyond Good and Evil in 1886, he told a friend that it was a book that would not be read properly until "around the year 2000". Now Laurence Lampert sets out to fulfill this prophecy by providing a section by section interpretation of this philosophical masterpiece that emphasises its unity and depth as a comprehensive new doctrine on nature and humanity. According to Lampert, Nietzsche begins with a critique of philosophy that is ultimately affirmative, because it shows how philosophy can arrive at a defensible ontological account of the way of all beings. Nietzsche next argues that a new post-Christian religion can arise out of the affirmation of the world disclosed to philosophy. Then, turning to the implications of the new ontology for morality and politics, Nietzsche argues that these can be reconstituted on the fundamental insights of the new philosophy. Nietzsche's comprehensive depiction of this anti-Platonic philosophy ends with a chapter on nobility, in which he contends that what can now be publicly celebrated as noble in our species are its highest achievements of mind and spirit.