Selfishness and Selflessness : : New Approaches to Understanding Morality / / ed. by Linda L. Layne.
We are said to be suffering a narcissism epidemic when the need for collective action seems more pressing than ever. The traits of Selfishness and selflessness address the ‘proper’ and ‘improper’ relationship between one’s self and others. The work they do during periods of social instability and cu...
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Selfishness and Selflessness : New Approaches to Understanding Morality / WYSE Series in Social Anthropology ; Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations, Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Self, Selfish, Selfless -- 1 Taking the Measure of Selfishness and Selflessness in the Early Twenty-First- Century US and UK -- 2 ‘Sentiment Has Struggled with Selfishness’ Selfishness, Sensibility and Gender in the Late Eighteenth-Century British Antislavery Campaign -- 3 Selfless Advocacy? Profeminist Men’s Movements in Late Twentieth-Century Britain -- 4 ‘Doing the Right Thing for My Child’ Self Work and Selflessness in Accounts of British ‘Full-Term’ Breastfeeding Mothers -- 5 Sexism, Separatism and the Rhetoric of Selfishness: Single Mothers by Choice in the US and UK -- 6 Selfish Masturbators? The Experience of Danish Sperm Donors and Alternatives to the Selfish/Selfless Divide -- 7 Inroads into Altruism -- 8 On Being Selfish – Or Not: Explorations of an Idea from the Mountains of Oaxaca and the Alaskan Tundra -- Conclusion. Starting Points: Modest Contributions to the History and Anthropology of Moralities and Ethics -- Index |
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