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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... movements today that otherwise seem accidental , unprecedented , and postmodern . The idea that the sight of ... movement to reform such cruelties reflected a change in the conception of human nature . No longer were public displays of ...
... movements today that otherwise seem accidental , unprecedented , and postmodern . The idea that the sight of ... movement to reform such cruelties reflected a change in the conception of human nature . No longer were public displays of ...
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... movements of compassion as social questions bore to those of the early nineteenth century . So if we refute Arendt's theory , we are left with the problem she devised it to solve . A theory that main- tains that normalized compassion is ...
... movements of compassion as social questions bore to those of the early nineteenth century . So if we refute Arendt's theory , we are left with the problem she devised it to solve . A theory that main- tains that normalized compassion is ...
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... movement . Pain and the fight against its perceived evilness will organize my discussion . The pain of children is a good example of how compassion and innocence and purity are connected . Humani- tarian movements delegitimized earlier ...
... movement . Pain and the fight against its perceived evilness will organize my discussion . The pain of children is a good example of how compassion and innocence and purity are connected . Humani- tarian movements delegitimized earlier ...
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... movements arose in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . Movements to abolish slavery and cruelty to prisoners , animals , and children and to reform factories , sanitation , and prisons were organized during that time and continue ...
... movements arose in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . Movements to abolish slavery and cruelty to prisoners , animals , and children and to reform factories , sanitation , and prisons were organized during that time and continue ...
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... movements are incompatible with the self - interested rationality of market society , but are " carry- over " effects from precapitalist eras or noneconomic factors constraining the market . Other critics of market society united by ...
... movements are incompatible with the self - interested rationality of market society , but are " carry- over " effects from precapitalist eras or noneconomic factors constraining the market . Other critics of market society united by ...
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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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