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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... vol . 11 ( 1997 ) , 325-50 ; " Compassion or Rights : The Case of Child Abuse , " New Political Science , vol . 36/37 ( 1996 ) , 69-87 . Introduction Compassion - the organized campaign to lessen the suffering ix Acknowledgments.
... vol . 11 ( 1997 ) , 325-50 ; " Compassion or Rights : The Case of Child Abuse , " New Political Science , vol . 36/37 ( 1996 ) , 69-87 . Introduction Compassion - the organized campaign to lessen the suffering ix Acknowledgments.
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... organized by the church or the state . The structures of modernity are what make this self - organization of society possible . And the moral sentiments that result from this process constitute qualitatively new social bonds . My ...
... organized by the church or the state . The structures of modernity are what make this self - organization of society possible . And the moral sentiments that result from this process constitute qualitatively new social bonds . My ...
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... organize my discussion . The pain of children is a good example of how compassion and innocence and purity are ... organized form a pub- lic response to this evil . In the end , political action was not simply a reaction to social ...
... organize my discussion . The pain of children is a good example of how compassion and innocence and purity are ... organized form a pub- lic response to this evil . In the end , political action was not simply a reaction to social ...
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... organizing moral sentiments strive to alleviate the sufferings of others ( Nisbet 1961 ) . The sociological study of ... organized activity , expressing a moral state in action . In the case of compassion in liberal society , it involves ...
... organizing moral sentiments strive to alleviate the sufferings of others ( Nisbet 1961 ) . The sociological study of ... organized activity , expressing a moral state in action . In the case of compassion in liberal society , it involves ...
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... organized in pressure groups aiming at legis- lative measures to cure or prevent suffering , as semigovernmental institutions , or as political parties with this aim , we speak of public compassion ( Brinton 1937 ) . Modern humanitarian ...
... organized in pressure groups aiming at legis- lative measures to cure or prevent suffering , as semigovernmental institutions , or as political parties with this aim , we speak of public compassion ( Brinton 1937 ) . Modern humanitarian ...
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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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