The Compassionate Temperament: Care and Cruelty in Modern SocietyRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 20/12/2000 - 144 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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... charity , as well as later models like the bureaucratic welfare state . When humanitarian compassion is organized in pressure groups aiming at legis- lative measures to cure or prevent suffering , as semigovernmental institutions , or ...
... charity , as well as later models like the bureaucratic welfare state . When humanitarian compassion is organized in pressure groups aiming at legis- lative measures to cure or prevent suffering , as semigovernmental institutions , or ...
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... charity : I use the term Charity neither in the common sense of bounty to the poor , nor in St. Paul's sense of benevolence to all mankind : but I apply it at present , in a sense more commodious to my purpose , to signify promoting the ...
... charity : I use the term Charity neither in the common sense of bounty to the poor , nor in St. Paul's sense of benevolence to all mankind : but I apply it at present , in a sense more commodious to my purpose , to signify promoting the ...
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... charity was ex- tremely important , but as generalized kindness rather than as agape dei . They rejected the Stoic notion that although the good man must relieve the distress of others , he must not allow himself to be emotionally ...
... charity was ex- tremely important , but as generalized kindness rather than as agape dei . They rejected the Stoic notion that although the good man must relieve the distress of others , he must not allow himself to be emotionally ...
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... charity : they recognized it , of course , as a primary Chris- tian virtue , but also believed that those who voluntarily chose poverty out of la- ziness deserved to starve or be put in workhouses . Charity should only be given to the ...
... charity : they recognized it , of course , as a primary Chris- tian virtue , but also believed that those who voluntarily chose poverty out of la- ziness deserved to starve or be put in workhouses . Charity should only be given to the ...
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Cruelty to Children | 45 |
Democracy and Child Welfare | 61 |
The Universalization of Compassion | 83 |
Conclusion | 99 |
Bibliography | 105 |
Index | 123 |
About the Author | 129 |
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