Learning to care : elementary kindness in an age of indifference / / Robert Wuthnow
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| Autore: |
Wuthnow Robert
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| Titolo: |
Learning to care : elementary kindness in an age of indifference / / Robert Wuthnow
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995 |
| 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 | |
| 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.: | 9910783360103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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