The Compassionate Temperament: Care and Cruelty in Modern SocietyRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2000 M12 20 - 144 páginas 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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Care and Cruelty in Modern Society Natan Sznaider. to hide it away or crusade ... society that it pervades . I will argue that the concept of society as con ... market and modern democracy . Those thinkers , especially of the Scot- tish ...
Care and Cruelty in Modern Society Natan Sznaider. to hide it away or crusade ... society that it pervades . I will argue that the concept of society as con ... market and modern democracy . Those thinkers , especially of the Scot- tish ...
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... society , focusing on its distinctive features of capitalism ( the market ) and democracy ( civic equality and citizenship ) . I will try to press beyond the purported inconsistency between the compassion of liberal sentiments and the ...
... society , focusing on its distinctive features of capitalism ( the market ) and democracy ( civic equality and citizenship ) . I will try to press beyond the purported inconsistency between the compassion of liberal sentiments and the ...
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... society and liberal democracy . A sociological study of compassion clarifies the historical processes through which ... market ) and democracy ( civic equality and citizenship ) . That humanitarianism is associ- ated with the rise of liberal ...
... society and liberal democracy . A sociological study of compassion clarifies the historical processes through which ... market ) and democracy ( civic equality and citizenship ) . That humanitarianism is associ- ated with the rise of liberal ...
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... society . The sense of inconsistency between these two images of liberal democracy as a moral system is due in part ... market society and democracy have brought upon modern society lurk new constraints . Modern society dimin- ishes ...
... society . The sense of inconsistency between these two images of liberal democracy as a moral system is due in part ... market society and democracy have brought upon modern society lurk new constraints . Modern society dimin- ishes ...
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... market society . In this perspective , the market itself can be understood to ex- tend the public scope of compassion . By defining a universal field of others with whom contracts and exchanges can be made , market perspectives extend ...
... market society . In this perspective , the market itself can be understood to ex- tend the public scope of compassion . By defining a universal field of others with whom contracts and exchanges can be made , market perspectives extend ...
Contenido
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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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The Compassionate Temperament: Care and Cruelty in Modern Society Natan Sznaider Vista previa limitada - 2001 |
The Compassionate Temperament: Care and Cruelty in Modern Society Natan Sznaider Vista de fragmentos - 2001 |
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