The Compassionate Temperament: Care and Cruelty in Modern SocietyRowman & Littlefield, 2001 - 129 من الصفحات The argument of this book is that it is in the nature of modernity to foster compassion. Most critics tend to think of modernity as corrosive of moral sentiments. They see clearly the way in which modernity breaks down older social bonds, but they are much less attentive to the ways in which it also builds new ones. This book offers an historically informed corrective to this common view. Sznaider demonstrates that compassion, understood as the organized campaign to lessen the suffering of strangers, is a distinctly modern form of morality. It played an important role in the rise of modern society, and it continues to play an important role today. And when waves of compassion break out into demands for political action, these demands need to be understood rather than criticized as excuses or irrelevancies. Incorporating and critiquing the work of Arendt, Foucault, and other social theorists, this book is both erudite and historically rich--sure to be both controversial and influential among those who debate modernity, morality, and social justice. |
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... understanding was far removed from revealed reli- gious perceptions of compassion , which is based on God's compassion alone . ( “ Yet , he , being compassionate , forgave their iniquity , and did not destroy them ; he restrained his ...
... understanding was far removed from revealed reli- gious perceptions of compassion , which is based on God's compassion alone . ( “ Yet , he , being compassionate , forgave their iniquity , and did not destroy them ; he restrained his ...
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... understanding of the new republic ( Fliegelman 1982 ) . The label of the " republican family " suggests the American variant of a larger transformation of western European family life . Under the sway of republican culture and politics ...
... understanding of the new republic ( Fliegelman 1982 ) . The label of the " republican family " suggests the American variant of a larger transformation of western European family life . Under the sway of republican culture and politics ...
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... understanding of the interaction of " environment " with moral failure : poverty caused depravity as often as depravity caused pov- erty . But none of these social understandings changed the moral focus . The re- formers were trying to ...
... understanding of the interaction of " environment " with moral failure : poverty caused depravity as often as depravity caused pov- erty . But none of these social understandings changed the moral focus . The re- formers were trying to ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Sociology of Public Compassion | 11 |
Pain and Compassion | 25 |
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