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UNINA9910782709203321 |
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Autore |
Wuthnow Robert |
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Titolo |
Acts of Compassion : Caring for Others and Helping Ourselves / / Robert Wuthnow |
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Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2012] |
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©1991 |
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ISBN |
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1-4008-0876-6 |
1-282-75150-6 |
9786612751509 |
1-4008-2057-X |
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Edizione |
[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (343 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Caring |
Helping behavior |
Individualism -- United States |
Voluntarism -- United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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