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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الصفحة 7
... moral sentiments strive to alleviate the sufferings of others ( Nisbet 1961 ) . The sociological study of compassion requires exploration of the social and historical conditions that make this moral state possible . It investigates the ...
... moral sentiments strive to alleviate the sufferings of others ( Nisbet 1961 ) . The sociological study of compassion requires exploration of the social and historical conditions that make this moral state possible . It investigates the ...
الصفحة 8
... moral sentiments like compassion are " more " or " less " present in contem- porary society . The study of specific cases has not sufficiently been informed by a historical sense of transformations in the meaning of compassion . Among ...
... moral sentiments like compassion are " more " or " less " present in contem- porary society . The study of specific cases has not sufficiently been informed by a historical sense of transformations in the meaning of compassion . Among ...
الصفحة 9
... moral concern as well , however unintentionally . In both perspectives , with the onset of civil society the nature and sentiment of compassion changed . As a " natural " moral sentiment , public compassion in- volves a revolution in ...
... moral concern as well , however unintentionally . In both perspectives , with the onset of civil society the nature and sentiment of compassion changed . As a " natural " moral sentiment , public compassion in- volves a revolution in ...
الصفحة 12
... moral principle ( Niebuhr 1956 ) . Even though there were innumerable ... moral evolution concerning the tran- sition from " brotherhood " to " otherhood ... sentiment . " Furthermore , the regulation of social and political life ...
... moral principle ( Niebuhr 1956 ) . Even though there were innumerable ... moral evolution concerning the tran- sition from " brotherhood " to " otherhood ... sentiment . " Furthermore , the regulation of social and political life ...
الصفحة 14
... moral as well as a theological context . In its moral context , " natural compassion " is an autono- mous mechanism of human nature , a concern of secularized Enlightenment phi- losophy . In theology the questions were about the nature ...
... moral as well as a theological context . In its moral context , " natural compassion " is an autono- mous mechanism of human nature , a concern of secularized Enlightenment phi- losophy . In theology the questions were about the nature ...
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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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