The Compassionate Temperament
Care and Cruelty in Modern Society
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 t…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7425-7452-6
- EAN: 9780742574526
- Produktnummer: 22961624
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
- Seitenangabe: 144 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 991 KB
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By Natan Sznaider
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