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Laddar... Conspicuous Compassion: Why Sometimes It Really Is Cruel To Be Kindav Patrick West
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Whilst citizens of developed countries are more affluent and comfortable, they are not more happy. Unhappiness has sought an outlet in recent years in bouts of public mourning and other forms of ostentatiously 'nice' politicing which do absolutely nothing to solve the problems (homelessness, poverty, aids etc.) that they purport to address. Indeed, they can exacerbate these problems. This is an absolutely spot-on, succinct and timely argument. ( ) inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
"We live in an age of conspicuous compassion. We sport empathy ribbons, send flowers to recently deceased celebrities, weep in public over murdered children, apologize for historical misdemeanors, wear red noses for the starving, go on demonstrations to proclaim `Drop the Debt' or `Not in My Name.' We feel each other's pain. We desperately seek a common identity and new social bonds to replace those that have withered in the post-war era - the family, the church, the nation and neighborhood. Mourning sickness is a religion for the lonely crowd that no longer subscribes to orthodox churches. Its flowers and teddies are its rites, its collective minutes' silences its liturgy and mass. This book's thesis is that such displays of empathy do not change the world for the better: they do not help the poor, diseased, dispossessed or bereaved. Our culture of ostentatious caring is about projecting your ego, and informing others what a deeply caring individual you are. It is about feeling good, not doing good, and illustrates not how altruistic we have become, but how selfish. And, as Patrick West shows in this witty but incisive monograph, sometimes it can be cruel." Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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