Rule Of Sympathy

Author : A. Rai
Publisher : Springer
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2002-06-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780312299170

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Rule of Sympathy by A. Rai Pdf

The Rule of Sympathy is a social and historical critique of sympathy in British discourse in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Although initially associated with feminized or effeminate forms of sentimental discourse (the romance, the novel, the gothic), sympathy came to function as a key technology of gender and race in new evangelical social movements, such as abolitionism and missionizing. Amit Rai argues that sympathy was a paradoxical mode of power. The differences of racial, gender and class inequalities that increasingly divided the object and agent of sympathy were precisely what must be bridged through identification. Yet without such differences, which were differences of power, sympathy itself would be impossible. This paradoxical mode of power transformed the ways in which people came to think of how best to manage, order, and govern individuals and populations in the late eighteenth century.

Author : Amit Rai
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0312293933

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Rule of Sympathy by Amit Rai Pdf

This volume is a social and historical critique of sympathy in British discourse in the late 18th and early 19th century. Although initially associated with feminized or effeminate forms of sentimental discourse (the romance, the novel, the gothic), sympathy came to function as a key technology of gender and race in new evangelical social movements, such as abolitionism and missionizing. Amit Rai argues that sympathy was a paradoxical mode of power. The differences of racial, gender and class inequalities that increasingly divided the object and agent of sympathy were precisely what must be bridged through identification. Yet without such differences, which were differences of power, sympathy itself would be impossible. This paradoxical mode of power transformed the ways in which people came to think of how best to manage, order, and govern individuals and populations in the late 18th century.

Author : Dan Nimmo
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1979-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1412844843

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Communication Yearbook 3 by Dan Nimmo Pdf

Author : Neil Roughley,Thomas Schramme
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107109513

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Forms of Fellow Feeling by Neil Roughley,Thomas Schramme Pdf

An interdisciplinary approach to the foundations of moral agency, focusing on different forms and roles of fellow feeling.

Author : William Hill Brown
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781513273679

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The Power of Sympathy by William Hill Brown Pdf

The Power of Sympathy (1789) is a novel by American author William Hill Brown. Considered the first American novel, The Power of Sympathy is a work of sentimental fiction which explores the lessons of the Enlightenment on the virtues of rational thought. A story of forbidden romance, seduction, and incest, Brown’s novel is based on the real-life scandal of Perez Morton and Fanny Apthorp, a New England brother- and sister-in-law who struck up an affair that ended in suicide and infamy. Inspired by their tragedy, and hoping to write a novel which captured the need for rational education in the newly formed United States of America, Brown wrote and published The Power of Sympathy anonymously in Boston. The novel, narrated in a series of letters, is the story of Thomas Harrington. He falls for the local beauty Harriot Fawcet, initially hoping to make her his mistress. But when she rejects him, his friend Jack Worthy suggests that he attempt to court and then propose to her, which is the honorable and lawful choice. Thomas’ overly sentimental mind is persuaded by Jack’s unflinching reason, and so he decides to pursue Harriot once more. This time, he is successful, and the two eventually become engaged, but their happiness soon fades when Mrs. Eliza Holmes, a family friend of the Harringtons, reveals the true nature of Harriot’s identity. As the secrets of Mr. Harrington—Thomas’ father—are revealed, the couple are forced to choose between the morals and laws of society and the passionate love they share. The Power of Sympathy is a moving work of tragedy and romance with a pointed message about the need for education in the recently founded United States. Despite borrowing from the British and European traditions of sentimental fiction and the epistolary novel, Brown’s work is a distinctly American masterpiece worthy of our continued respect and attention. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of William Hill Brown’s The Power of Sympathy is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Author : Patrick Findler,Doran Smolkin,Warren Bourgeois
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773381060

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Debating Health Care Ethics, Second Edition by Patrick Findler,Doran Smolkin,Warren Bourgeois Pdf

In this updated second edition, Debating Health Care Ethics explores contemporary moral challenges in health care, providing students with the essential tools to understand and critically evaluate the leading arguments in the field and to develop their own arguments on important moral problems in health care. Written in a clear and concise way, the textbook’s first three chapters explore the nature of arguments and ethical theories, while the remaining chapters introduce students to moral problems in health care through case studies and dramas that feature complex scenarios involving patients, family members, and health care providers. Each case study and drama is followed by a lively debate where the authors defend their unique approaches to the dilemma. This new edition now includes more gender inclusive dramas, an expanded discussion of feminist ethics, a case study on euthanasia that highlights changes to Canadian law, and an update on fetal consciousness that informs the debate on abortion. Emphasizing critical issues in health care from a Canadian perspective, this essential textbook will benefit students in philosophy, nursing, and health studies.

Author : Fonna Forman-Barzilai
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521761123

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Adam Smith and the Circles of Sympathy by Fonna Forman-Barzilai Pdf

A broad-ranging 2010 study of Smith's views on moral judgement, humanitarian care, commerce, justice and international law.

Author : Robbie Miller Kaplan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Consolation
ISBN : 073520375X

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How to Say it when You Don't Know what to Say by Robbie Miller Kaplan Pdf

Teaches readers the right words and strategies to communicate comfort in difficult times.

Author : Adam Smith (économiste)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1812
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BCUL:1092833964

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The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith (économiste) Pdf

Author : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781039001565

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Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Pdf

From the internationally acclaimed, bestselling author of We Should All Be Feminists and Americanah, a profound reckoning with loss, written in the wake of her father’s death. During the brutal summer of 2020, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s beloved father, a celebrated professor at the University of Nigeria and an irreplaceable figure in a close-knit family, succumbed unexpectedly to complications of kidney failure. Notes on Grief is Adichie’s tribute to him, and a moving meditation on loss. Here Adichie offers a candid snapshot of the shock, loneliness, and disillusionment that followed the news of her father’s death. Her family, unable to be together except for on video calls, struggles to go through the rites of mourning amid a global crisis of unimaginable scale. As Adichie wrestles with his passing, she recalls with vivid, poignant detail who her father was: a remarkable survivor of the Biafran war, a man of kindness and charm, and a fierce supporter of his youngest daughter. Here is a uniquely personal, profound work of remembrance and hope by one of today’s luminaries—a book to bring us together in a time when we need it most.

Author : Alexander Nikolaevich Shytov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401597456

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Conscience and Love in Making Judicial Decisions by Alexander Nikolaevich Shytov Pdf

THE CONSCIENCE OF JUDGES AND APPLICA nON OF LEGAL RULES The book is devoted to the problem of the influence of moral judgements on the result of judicial decision-making in the process of application of the established (positive) law. It is the conscience of judges that takes the central place in the research. Conscience is understood in the meaning developed in the theory of Thomas Aquinas as the complex capacity of the human being to make moral judgements which represent acts of reason on the question of what is right or wrong in a particular situation. The reason why we need a theory of conscience in making judicial decisions lies in the nature of the positive law itself. On the one hand, there is an intrinsic conflict between the law as the body of rigid rules and the law as an living experience of those who are involved in social relationships. This conflict particularly finds its expression in the collision of strict justice and equity. The idea of equity does not reject the importance of rules in legal life. What is rejected is an idolatrous attitude to the rules when the uniqueness of a human being, his well being and happiness are disregarded and sacrificed in order to fulfil the observance of the rules. The rules themselves are neither good or bad. What makes them good or bad is their application.

Author : Eric Chelstrom
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781443809245

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Being Amongst Others by Eric Chelstrom Pdf

Our world can be a bewildering place. The sense of awe and wonder at the states of affairs in which we find ourselves immersed give rise to philosophical questions. Philosophical reflection is a critical attempt to come to grips with our place in the world and the various problems we encounter in respect to the complexities encountered in everyday life. In the most basic terms, phenomenology is the study of the structures and relations of phenomena. Phenomenology begins from a descriptive analysis of our experiences of the world. It grants precedent to the first person perspective–how phenomena appear to consciousness. There are any number of problems related to the plenitude of kinds of experiences which confront us through the course of our lives, in addition to the structure of consciousness itself. This volume presents a variety of views on a number of the phenomena of our everyday lives, offering positions on such things from the nature of consciousness to the structures of religious or political experiences. Its appeal, however, should not be limited to philosophers alone–given that all persons can relate to the subject matter of the essays. For instance, one author asks, “what is friendship?” The present work may also be understood as a gesture toward bridging the division between the valuable insights of continental and analytic philosophical traditions. The authors include a combination of established academics, such as Jeffrey Wattles–the best-selling author of The Golden Rule–and young scholars from varied philosophical backgrounds. This collection is divided into four sections: (I) Foundational Elements of Experience; (II) The Experiencing Subject: What is it to be a Subject?; (III) Amongst Others: The Social World; and (IV) Social Objects and Institutions. Each section represents a level of experience, from the most basic structures of experience, to the subject’s experience of the world and objects in it, to experiences and interactions with others, ending at the results of the codifications of certain social practices and beliefs. The sections treat their respective topics principally, even if they share material with other essays. Our experiences of the life-world, the world of human praxis, contain a multiplicity of elements; the divisions of this work are meant to demarcate various types of phenomena, not to offer any definitive thesis regarding a hierarchy or structure of relations.

Author : Milton Bennett
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781473643512

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Basic Concepts of Intercultural Communication by Milton Bennett Pdf

In the long-awaited second edition of Basic Concepts of Intercultural Communication, Milton J. Bennett provides a comprehensive overview of the field from a constructivist perspective. In addition to his insightful analysis, Bennett offers a full complement of classic readings on the topic of intercultural communication, including: • “Science and Linguistics,” by Benjamin Lee Whorf • “The Power of Hidden Differences,” by Edward T. Hall • “Culture: A Perceptual Approach,” by Marshall R. Singer • “Communication in a Global Village,” by Dean Barlund • “Cultural Identity: Reflections on Multiculturalism,” by Peter S. Adler

Author : Samuel Fleischacker
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226661896

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Being Me Being You by Samuel Fleischacker Pdf

Modern notions of empathy often celebrate its ability to bridge divides, to unite humankind. But how do we square this with the popular view that we can never truly comprehend the experience of being someone else? In this book, Samuel Fleischacker delves into the work of Adam Smith to draw out an understanding of empathy that respects both personal difference and shared humanity. After laying out a range of meanings for the concept of empathy, Fleischacker proposes that what Smith called “sympathy” is very much what we today consider empathy. Smith’s version has remarkable value, as his empathy calls for entering into the perspective of another—a uniquely human feat that connects people while still allowing them to define their own distinctive standpoints. After discussing Smith’s views in relation to more recent empirical and philosophical studies, Fleischacker shows how turning back to Smith promises to enrich, clarify, and advance our current debates about the meaning and uses of empathy.

Author : Austin Sarat
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781801176644

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Privatisation of Migration Control by Austin Sarat Pdf

This special issue is the second of a two-part edited collection on the privatisation of migration. The central thrust of the special issue is a critical analysis of modern day manifestations of private participation in immigration control.