THE COMPASSIONATE TEMPERAMENT by Natan Sznaider ( 9780847695560 )

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Title:

THE COMPASSIONATE TEMPERAMENT
CARE AND CRUELTY IN MODERN SOCIETY

By:

Natan Sznaider

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0847695565

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9780847695560

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Publisher:

ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD

Pub. date:

20 December, 2000

Series:

Postmodern Social Futures

Pages:

144

Description:

This text argues that it is the nature of modernity to foster compassion. It offers a historical view to disprove the idea that modernity erodes moral sentiment and breaks down older social bonds. The book looks at the way in which modern society is building new and different social bonds.

Synopsis:

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 a historically informed corrective to this common view.

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bibliography, index

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Rowman & Littlefield

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