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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... tion , often thought of as the first turning on the road toward modernity , people whose only crimes were doctrinal were routinely burned in the city squares of Europe's capitals . The movement to reform such cruelties reflected a ...
... tion , often thought of as the first turning on the road toward modernity , people whose only crimes were doctrinal were routinely burned in the city squares of Europe's capitals . The movement to reform such cruelties reflected a ...
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... tion that is to be found at the base of so much other antimodernism . But more important , their arguments are the best of their kind . They fasten on the most difficult empirical issues and carry out their premises to their logical ...
... tion that is to be found at the base of so much other antimodernism . But more important , their arguments are the best of their kind . They fasten on the most difficult empirical issues and carry out their premises to their logical ...
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... tion of interests and norms . Historically , the event usually considered the begin- ning of modernity was the French Revolution . It also plays a key role in the history of compassion . It produced the Declaration of the Rights of Man ...
... tion of interests and norms . Historically , the event usually considered the begin- ning of modernity was the French Revolution . It also plays a key role in the history of compassion . It produced the Declaration of the Rights of Man ...
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... tion between reason and sentiment , which lies behind the criticism of Himmelfarb . Hence , when Himmelfarb in her rejection of sentimental compassion argues that " to be truly humane , genuinely compassionate , was not to be selfless ...
... tion between reason and sentiment , which lies behind the criticism of Himmelfarb . Hence , when Himmelfarb in her rejection of sentimental compassion argues that " to be truly humane , genuinely compassionate , was not to be selfless ...
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... tion and to put it into a coherent social theory and a sociology of morals and moral sociology at the same time . For Durkheim , moral ideas reflect social boundaries and in democracy these boundaries are widest : with the extension of ...
... tion and to put it into a coherent social theory and a sociology of morals and moral sociology at the same time . For Durkheim , moral ideas reflect social boundaries and in democracy these boundaries are widest : with the extension of ...
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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