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

• Autore: Wuthnow Robert <1946->
• Pubblicazione: New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (300 pages)
• Disciplina: 302.140973; 649.7; 649/.7
• Soggetto topico: Voluntarism - United States; Teenage volunteers in social service - United States; Moral development - United States; Caring; Helping behavior
• Note generali: Includes index.; Previously issued in print: 1995.
• 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Learning to care
• ISBN: 0-19-773991-1; 1-280-52823-0; 0-19-802590-4; 1-4294-0620-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826544503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.