Introduction: Human Dignity and the Practice of Human Development
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2020
Abstract
From the Introduction
The book is structured in five parts, including the introduction, then part I, consisting of four chapters on conceptualizing dignity through practice (by Clemens Sedmak, Séverine Deneulin, Simona Beretta, and Dominic Burbidge). After that, dignity, well-being, and flourishing are discussed in their subjective and objective dimensions (in part II, with three chapters by Matt Bloom and Deirdre Guthrie, Robert Dowd, and Bruce Wydick with co-authors Robert Dowd and Travis Lybbert). The third part is dedicated to dignity and institutionalized practices (in four chapters authored by Paul Perrin, Martin Schlag, Luigino Bruni, and Lorenza Violini together with Giada Ragone). The last part introduces five case studies (by Steve Reifenberg and Elizabeth Hlabse on Compañeros en Salud [in English, “Partners in Health”] in the Sierra Madres of Mexico, Catherine Bolten on children’s rights discourse in Sierra Leone, Ilaria Schnyder von Wartensee on mentorship in Kenya, Tania Groppi on “L’Arche,” and Maria Sophia Aguirre and Martha Cruz-Zuniga on field experiments conducted with cooperation and initiative). In this way, the book, with its focus on “practicing dignity in development,” moves from the conceptual to the field of application, thereby connecting dignity to flourishing and institutions.
Recommended Citation
Carozza, Paolo G. and Sedmak, Clemens, "Introduction: Human Dignity and the Practice of Human Development" (2020). Book Chapters. 123.
https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/book_chapters/123
Publication Information
in The Practice of Human Development and Dignity 1-24 (Paolo G. Carozza & Clemens Sedmak eds., 2020).