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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... influential . It will take only a small amount of intellec- tual history to show that Arendt was as influential for the postwar generation as Foucault was for the generation that rebelled against it . In the large outlines , I agree ...
... influential . It will take only a small amount of intellec- tual history to show that Arendt was as influential for the postwar generation as Foucault was for the generation that rebelled against it . In the large outlines , I agree ...
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... influence during his lifetime and immediately afterwards . But The Social Contract , for which he is most remembered today , was largely a matter for specialists until much later . In both cases , their moral arguments add a new ...
... influence during his lifetime and immediately afterwards . But The Social Contract , for which he is most remembered today , was largely a matter for specialists until much later . In both cases , their moral arguments add a new ...
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... influenced by the teachings of Nietzsche , Freud , and Marx , each empha- sizing ulterior motives and material interests underlying all " lofty " moral ideals . Under the new political and social freedoms that market society and ...
... influenced by the teachings of Nietzsche , Freud , and Marx , each empha- sizing ulterior motives and material interests underlying all " lofty " moral ideals . Under the new political and social freedoms that market society and ...
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... influential Lutheran interpretation of agape . ) A classical statement of Christian agape is the thirteenth chapter of Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians ( where agape is translated as " love " ) : Love is patient and kind ; love is ...
... influential Lutheran interpretation of agape . ) A classical statement of Christian agape is the thirteenth chapter of Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians ( where agape is translated as " love " ) : Love is patient and kind ; love is ...
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... influence of Nietzsche and his followers in the social sciences . To avoid Nietzsche , they return to Aristotle . Nietzsche , of course , is the inspiration for the deconstructionist and postmodern criticism of the possibility of moral ...
... influence of Nietzsche and his followers in the social sciences . To avoid Nietzsche , they return to Aristotle . Nietzsche , of course , is the inspiration for the deconstructionist and postmodern criticism of the possibility of moral ...
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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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