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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... cruel . Cruelty became understood as the infliction of suffering without the old justifications for it , and compassion in organized form a public response to this evil . For example , public executions , torture , and sla- very came ...
... cruel . Cruelty became understood as the infliction of suffering without the old justifications for it , and compassion in organized form a public response to this evil . For example , public executions , torture , and sla- very came ...
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... cruel because they cannot put themselves in the place of those who suffer . One has to imagine how one would feel in another's place . As Smith wrote : as we have no immediate experience of what other men feel , we can form no idea of ...
... cruel because they cannot put themselves in the place of those who suffer . One has to imagine how one would feel in another's place . As Smith wrote : as we have no immediate experience of what other men feel , we can form no idea of ...
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... cruel excess ( Weber 1968 ) . These studies provide a " big picture " in which cruelty became an " anti - ideal " to be fought . Liberalism , more than other political and social theory , tried to come to terms with people's heightened ...
... cruel excess ( Weber 1968 ) . These studies provide a " big picture " in which cruelty became an " anti - ideal " to be fought . Liberalism , more than other political and social theory , tried to come to terms with people's heightened ...
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... cruel " was not lim- ited to the warrior class . As Norbert Elias and Barbara Hanawalt have shown , the life of burghers was also permeated by continued violence . Robbery , fight- ing , pillage , family feuds played an important part ...
... cruel " was not lim- ited to the warrior class . As Norbert Elias and Barbara Hanawalt have shown , the life of burghers was also permeated by continued violence . Robbery , fight- ing , pillage , family feuds played an important part ...
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... cruel practice sanctioned by the usage of most nations " ( 29 ) . Eighteenth - century reformers iden- tified torture with a wholly rejected worldview , their arguments being made on moral as well as legal grounds ( Peters 1985 ...
... cruel practice sanctioned by the usage of most nations " ( 29 ) . Eighteenth - century reformers iden- tified torture with a wholly rejected worldview , their arguments being made on moral as well as legal grounds ( Peters 1985 ...
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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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