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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... ideal of equality literally conquered Europe . But the French Revolution was also the site of horrific cruelty . How can these two things be reconciled ? Hannah Arendt gives a direct answer : compassion has no place in politics , and ...
... ideal of equality literally conquered Europe . But the French Revolution was also the site of horrific cruelty . How can these two things be reconciled ? Hannah Arendt gives a direct answer : compassion has no place in politics , and ...
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... ideal heroes of the medieval Chris- tian world , knight and saint . Medieval charity does not , therefore , express universal sympathy and a striv- ing for human happiness . It differs from modern humanitarianism , based on public ...
... ideal heroes of the medieval Chris- tian world , knight and saint . Medieval charity does not , therefore , express universal sympathy and a striv- ing for human happiness . It differs from modern humanitarianism , based on public ...
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... ideal of the separa- tion between reason and sentiment , which lies behind the criticism of Himmelfarb . Hence , when Himmelfarb in her rejection of sentimental compassion argues that " to be truly humane , genuinely compassionate , was ...
... ideal of the separa- tion between reason and sentiment , which lies behind the criticism of Himmelfarb . Hence , when Himmelfarb in her rejection of sentimental compassion argues that " to be truly humane , genuinely compassionate , was ...
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... ideal enunciated by the Stoics and given powerful expression in Chris- tian natural law teaching ; yet , civic culture is grounded and rooted in historical cir- cumstances of its place of origin and the particular conditions of life in ...
... ideal enunciated by the Stoics and given powerful expression in Chris- tian natural law teaching ; yet , civic culture is grounded and rooted in historical cir- cumstances of its place of origin and the particular conditions of life in ...
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... ideal terms , in the theoretical writings of the Scottish Enlightenment . What does this mean for today's every- day life , more than two hundred years after the Scots wrote their books ? Wuthrow ( 1991 ) has empirically demonstrated ...
... ideal terms , in the theoretical writings of the Scottish Enlightenment . What does this mean for today's every- day life , more than two hundred years after the Scots wrote their books ? Wuthrow ( 1991 ) has empirically demonstrated ...
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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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