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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... Cultural Values , vol . 2 ( 1998 ) , 117-39 ; “ Pain and Cruelty in Socio - Historical Perspective , " International Journal ... Culture and Society , vol . 11 ( 1997 ) , 325-50 ; " Compassion or Rights : The Case of Child Abuse , " New ...
... Cultural Values , vol . 2 ( 1998 ) , 117-39 ; “ Pain and Cruelty in Socio - Historical Perspective , " International Journal ... Culture and Society , vol . 11 ( 1997 ) , 325-50 ; " Compassion or Rights : The Case of Child Abuse , " New ...
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... to reconstruct compassion as part of the cultural value system of modernity , seeing how it can be grounded in real - life experiences of social individual actors . DEMOCRACY AND THE MARKET To this point , two broad 8 Chapter One.
... to reconstruct compassion as part of the cultural value system of modernity , seeing how it can be grounded in real - life experiences of social individual actors . DEMOCRACY AND THE MARKET To this point , two broad 8 Chapter One.
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... cultural legiti- mization . In such views public compassion and humanitarian movements are incompatible with the self - interested rationality of market society , but are " carry- over " effects from precapitalist eras or noneconomic ...
... cultural legiti- mization . In such views public compassion and humanitarian movements are incompatible with the self - interested rationality of market society , but are " carry- over " effects from precapitalist eras or noneconomic ...
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... culture : A civic culture is necessarily defined by its two poles : it is aiming at universal sym- pathy , an ideal enunciated by the Stoics and given powerful expression in Chris- tian natural law teaching ; yet , civic culture is ...
... culture : A civic culture is necessarily defined by its two poles : it is aiming at universal sym- pathy , an ideal enunciated by the Stoics and given powerful expression in Chris- tian natural law teaching ; yet , civic culture is ...
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... culture modify and shape the behavior of the person in pain as well as the perception of pain . Is there a limited set of historical and sociological categories that people draw on to de- scribe pain , and what are the available models ...
... culture modify and shape the behavior of the person in pain as well as the perception of pain . Is there a limited set of historical and sociological categories that people draw on to de- scribe pain , and what are the available models ...
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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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