Acts of Compassion : : Caring for Others and Helping Ourselves / / Robert Wuthnow.
Robert Wuthnow finds that those who are most involved in acts of compassion are no less individualistic than anyone else--and that those who are the most intensely individualistic are no less involved in caring for others.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012] ©1991 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- PART I: THE PROBLEM OF INDIVIDUALISM -- CHAPTER ONE: An American Paradox -- CHAPTER TWO: Caring and/for Our Selves -- PART II: LANGUAGES OF COMPASSION -- CHAPTER THREE: Talking about Motives -- CHAPTER FOUR: Finding Fulfillment -- PART III: THE ROLE OF FAITH -- CHAPTER FIVE: Conviction and Community -- CHAPTER SIX: Along the Road -- PART IV: THE LIMITS OF CARING -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Bounded Love -- CHAPTER EIGHT: The Tarnished Image -- PART V: THE WIDER CONTEXT -- CHAPTER NINE: Envisioning a Better Society -- CHAPTER TEN: The Case for Compassion -- Notes -- Index |
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| Summary: | Robert Wuthnow finds that those who are most involved in acts of compassion are no less individualistic than anyone else--and that those who are the most intensely individualistic are no less involved in caring for others. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9781400820573 9783110442496 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9781400820573?locatt=mode:legacy |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Robert Wuthnow. |