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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... democracy . A sociological study of compassion clarifies the historical processes through which compassion for others ' suffering shapes the definition of “ social problems ” and investigates the means by which specialists in organizing ...
... democracy . A sociological study of compassion clarifies the historical processes through which compassion for others ' suffering shapes the definition of “ social problems ” and investigates the means by which specialists in organizing ...
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... democracy as a moral system is due in part to sentimentalism and nostalgia ( for example , Nisbet 1961 ; Tönnies 1887 ) and in part to an image of liberal society as pervasively oppressive ( for example , Foucault 1977 ) . Both ...
... democracy as a moral system is due in part to sentimentalism and nostalgia ( for example , Nisbet 1961 ; Tönnies 1887 ) and in part to an image of liberal society as pervasively oppressive ( for example , Foucault 1977 ) . Both ...
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Care and Cruelty in Modern Society Natan Sznaider. DEMOCRACY AND THE MARKET To this point , two broad interpretations of the emergence and rise of public com- passion have been developed . The democratization perspective suggests that ...
Care and Cruelty in Modern Society Natan Sznaider. DEMOCRACY AND THE MARKET To this point , two broad interpretations of the emergence and rise of public com- passion have been developed . The democratization perspective suggests that ...
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... democracy . We have suggested that with the lessening of profoundly categorical and corporate social distinctions , compassion becomes more extensive . The ca- pacity to identify with others , and in particular with others ' pain , is ...
... democracy . We have suggested that with the lessening of profoundly categorical and corporate social distinctions , compassion becomes more extensive . The ca- pacity to identify with others , and in particular with others ' pain , is ...
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... democracy , everybody is formally in the same moral arena . He attributed this to the condition of politi- cal equality , which made this moral state possible ( Tocqueville 1840 ; see also Beck [ 1997a , 333-47 ] , who talks about " the ...
... democracy , everybody is formally in the same moral arena . He attributed this to the condition of politi- cal equality , which made this moral state possible ( Tocqueville 1840 ; see also Beck [ 1997a , 333-47 ] , who talks about " the ...
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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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