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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield,
©2001.
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| Colección: | Postmodern social futures.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 129 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-121) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780742574526 0742574520 |