1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450449703321

Autore

Wuthnow Robert

Titolo

Learning to care [[electronic resource] ] : elementary kindness in an age of indifference / / Robert Wuthnow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995

ISBN

1-280-52823-0

0-19-802590-4

1-4294-0620-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 pages)

Disciplina

302.140973

649.7

649/.7

Soggetti

Voluntarism - United States

Teenage volunteers in social service - United States

Moral development - United States

Caring

Helping behavior

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-283) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Pearl's Kitchen; 2. Kindness as a Social Problem; 3. First Steps: From Family Ties to Specialized Caring; 4. Reasons to Care: The Multiple Voices of Modern Society; 5. Serving God? Kindness and Transcendence; 6. Contexts: Schools, Community Agencies, and Churches; 7. The Drama of Helping: Stories and Role Models; 8. Engendering Compassion: Men, Women, and Social Change; 9. Building Character: Vulnerability and Virtue; 10. Careers of Service: The Preservation of Caring; 11. Thinking About the Future; Appendix A. Methodology; Appendix B. Interview Guide; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E

FG; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

The author, a noted sociologist of religion, attempts to ascertain what determines the qualities of kindness and caring in modern society. He examines a cross-section of American youth to discover how the habit



of caring is developed, and how parents and organizations instill morals in the young.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910143810103321

Titolo

Revista iberoamericana de educación a distancia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madrid, : Asociación Iberoamericana de Educación Superior a Distancia, : Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, c1998-

ISSN

1390-3306

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Distance education - Latin America

Distance education - Spain

Education, Higher - Latin America

Education, Higher - Spain

Distance education

Education, Higher

Periodicals.

Latin America

Spain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed