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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... humanitarian consciousness during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . They will focus on the attempt to reform the lives of poor children ( based on original research of mine ) but will also discuss the campaigns to reform prisons ...
... humanitarian consciousness during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . They will focus on the attempt to reform the lives of poor children ( based on original research of mine ) but will also discuss the campaigns to reform prisons ...
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... humanitarian- ism and the emergence of liberal society , focusing on its distinctive features of capitalism ( the market ) and democracy ( civic equality and citizenship ) . I will try to press beyond the purported inconsistency between ...
... humanitarian- ism and the emergence of liberal society , focusing on its distinctive features of capitalism ( the market ) and democracy ( civic equality and citizenship ) . I will try to press beyond the purported inconsistency between ...
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... humanitarian reformer concisely described the sentiment : " By humani- tarianism I mean nothing more and nothing less than the study and practice of human principles - of compassion , love , gentleness , and universal benevolence ...
... humanitarian reformer concisely described the sentiment : " By humani- tarianism I mean nothing more and nothing less than the study and practice of human principles - of compassion , love , gentleness , and universal benevolence ...
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... humanitarian reforms he sees an attempt to put people into sophisticated prisons of disciplining technologies . Modern human sciences have taken over the role of Christianity in disciplining the body . Recent studies in the morality of ...
... humanitarian reforms he sees an attempt to put people into sophisticated prisons of disciplining technologies . Modern human sciences have taken over the role of Christianity in disciplining the body . Recent studies in the morality of ...
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... humanitarian ef- forts in every field of reform were mostly concerned with the abolition of pain . Public compassion was initially the fight against cruelty , understood as the un- justifiable affliction of pain . Modern humanitarianism ...
... humanitarian ef- forts in every field of reform were mostly concerned with the abolition of pain . Public compassion was initially the fight against cruelty , understood as the un- justifiable affliction of pain . Modern humanitarianism ...
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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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