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...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield
2001.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Postmodern social futures. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b37308890*spi |
| 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: | ix, 129 p. |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 105-121) e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9780742574526 |
