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- Acts of Compassion: Caring for Others and Helping Ourselves
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Princeton University Press
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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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- Part I: The Problem of Individualism
- Chapter One: An American Paradox
- pp. 3-17
- Part II: Languages of Compassion
- Chapter Three: Talking about Motives
- pp. 49-85
- Chapter Four: Finding Fulfillment
- pp. 86-118
- Part III: The Role of Faith
- Chapter Five: Conviction and Community
- pp. 121-156
- Chapter Six: Along the Road
- pp. 157-188
- Part IV: The Limits of Caring
- Chapter Seven: Bounded Love
- pp. 191-220
- Chapter Eight: The Tarnished Image
- pp. 221-246
- Part V: The Wider Context
- Chapter Nine: Envisioning a Better Society
- pp. 249-281
- Chapter Ten: The Case for Compassion
- pp. 282-310
Additional Information
ISBN
9781400820573
Related ISBN(s)
9780691024936, 9780691073903, 9781400808762, 9781400808786, 9781400808809, 9781400813919, 9781400818754
MARC Record
OCLC
52714994
Pages
364
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
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