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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... pain , and the kindly treatment of strangers . However , agape did not imply a po- litical or moral principle ( Niebuhr 1956 ) . Even though there were innumerable attempts to alleviate suffering , the idea that suffering in itself was ...
... pain , and the kindly treatment of strangers . However , agape did not imply a po- litical or moral principle ( Niebuhr 1956 ) . Even though there were innumerable attempts to alleviate suffering , the idea that suffering in itself was ...
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... pains , and humiliations of others is the right thing to do . COMPASSION AND THE SOCIOLOGY OF MORALS This study of compassion is therefore also an exercise in the sociology of mor- als . An empirical and sociological study of morality ...
... pains , and humiliations of others is the right thing to do . COMPASSION AND THE SOCIOLOGY OF MORALS This study of compassion is therefore also an exercise in the sociology of mor- als . An empirical and sociological study of morality ...
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... compassion becomes more extensive . The ca- pacity to identify with others , and in particular with others ' pain , is promoted by the profound belief that others are similar to us . The Sociology of Public Compassion 21.
... compassion becomes more extensive . The ca- pacity to identify with others , and in particular with others ' pain , is promoted by the profound belief that others are similar to us . The Sociology of Public Compassion 21.
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... pain and pleasure , with the pleasures of benevolence being the basis of moral senti- ments , Durkheim thought with the rational philosophers that cruelty and suffer- ing were out of place in an ordered universe . In his sociology of ...
... pain and pleasure , with the pleasures of benevolence being the basis of moral senti- ments , Durkheim thought with the rational philosophers that cruelty and suffer- ing were out of place in an ordered universe . In his sociology of ...
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... pain and the fight against it . I will concentrate mainly on the United States and England ( also because they are considered model " capi- talist " societies ) as the ... Pain and Compassion Compassion is about pain , 24 Chapter One.
... pain and the fight against it . I will concentrate mainly on the United States and England ( also because they are considered model " capi- talist " societies ) as the ... Pain and Compassion Compassion is about pain , 24 Chapter One.
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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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agape American American Humane Association Arendt argued ASPCA Bauman became Cambridge capitalism charity chil child labor child-welfare childhood Children's Aid Society Christian citizens civic equality civil society claim classes common compassionate concept criminal cruel cruelty to animals Cruelty to Children culture debates democracy democratic domesticity dren Durkheim duty eighteenth-century Elias emergence Émile Durkheim emotional ethical expressed Foucault freedom German Hannah Arendt Henry Bergh historical human humanitarian idea ideal individual Jews Journal juvenile court legislation liberal society market society middle-class moral obligations moral sentiments mothers movements National nature neglect Nietzsche nineteenth century organized Orig pain parents passion political poor Prevention of Cruelty principle problem public compassion quoted in Bremner Rauhe Haus relations reporting laws responsibility Scottish Enlightenment self-interest sexual abuse Social Gospel sociology sociology of morals sphere suffering theory tion torture University Press victims violence welfare women York Society