Compassion
The Culture and Politics of an Emotion
Edited by Lauren Berlant
Series: Essays from the English Institute
List Price: $125.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-97051-8
- Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 03/02/2004
- Pages: 256
- Trim Size: 6 x 9
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About the Book
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.You may also be interested in:
Compassion
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...
Published 03/02/2004 | 978-0-415-97052-5