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Compassion - The Culture and Politics of an Emotion (Hardcover): Lauren Berlant

Compassion - The Culture and Politics of an Emotion (Hardcover)

Lauren Berlant

Series: Essays from the English Institute

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Compassion is not a simple sentiment, especially in the modern world. Today the term invokes ideas of individual and collective obligation to respond actively to suffering; compassion becomes a complex response involving the state, the military, economic factors, and of course ethical and moral issues.
In "Compassion," ten scholars draw on literature, psychoanalysis, and social history to provide an archive of cases and genealogies of compassion. Together these essays demonstrate how "being compassionate" is shaped by historical specificity and social training, and how the idea of compassion takes place in scenes that are anxious, volatile, surprising, and even contradictory.

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Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Essays from the English Institute
Release date:	March 2004
First published:	2004
Editors:	Lauren Berlant
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-97051-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Physiological & neuro-psychology Promotions
LSN:	0-415-97051-2
Barcode:	9780415970518