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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... principle , is the experience of people . Un- der the first regime , people are capable of taking their children to a public hang- ing as if it were family entertainment . Under the second , they feel queasy about violence on TV . The ...
... principle , is the experience of people . Un- der the first regime , people are capable of taking their children to a public hang- ing as if it were family entertainment . Under the second , they feel queasy about violence on TV . The ...
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... principles - of compassion , love , gentleness , and universal benevolence " ( Salt 1891 , 3 ) . HUMANITARIANISM AND LIBERAL SOCIETY The study therefore analyzes the relationship between humanitarianism and the emergence of liberal ...
... principles - of compassion , love , gentleness , and universal benevolence " ( Salt 1891 , 3 ) . HUMANITARIANISM AND LIBERAL SOCIETY The study therefore analyzes the relationship between humanitarianism and the emergence of liberal ...
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... principles . The world of capi- talism is devoid of tender feelings toward strangers , informed solely by self- interest , cold and callous toward fellow human beings , seeing them only as instruments to one's own ends . In a typical ...
... principles . The world of capi- talism is devoid of tender feelings toward strangers , informed solely by self- interest , cold and callous toward fellow human beings , seeing them only as instruments to one's own ends . In a typical ...
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... principle and to argue that compassion and virtue are not necessarily identical ( Canovan 1992 ) . Indeed , in the medieval period , compassion did not sustain organized helping . The de- mand to help others was based on the Christian ...
... principle and to argue that compassion and virtue are not necessarily identical ( Canovan 1992 ) . Indeed , in the medieval period , compassion did not sustain organized helping . The de- mand to help others was based on the Christian ...
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... principle ( Niebuhr 1956 ) . Even though there were innumerable attempts to alleviate suffering , the idea that suffering in itself was wrong did not play a part in Christianity's notion of transcendental and universal love . Benjamin ...
... principle ( Niebuhr 1956 ) . Even though there were innumerable attempts to alleviate suffering , the idea that suffering in itself was wrong did not play a part in Christianity's notion of transcendental and universal love . Benjamin ...
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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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