Traditions of compassion : from religious duty to social activism
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Traditions of compassion : from religious duty to social activism
（Library of philosophy and religion）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
- hbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-199) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Throughout history, compassion has stood at the base of the radical cry to change the world order and remedy injustices. It has also been a political tool for society's power-wielders, who have exploited the sense of calling compassion arouses to hide the repressive, belligerent, and manipulative nature of society's power structure. This book analyzes four models of compassion, each representing manifestations of compassion in different cultures and eras: Judeo-Christianity, Buddhism, Modernism, and the author's alternative, a response to neocapitalist postmodernism-radical compassion and its imperative to take action.
Table of Contents
Introduction PART I: DIVINE COMPASSION The Compassionate God Human Divinity Seeds of Anti-Compassion PART II: UNIVERSAL COMPASSION Indiscriminate Compassion The Buddhist Ideal Compassion without Teeth PART III: HUMAN COMPASSION The Fragmentation of Compassion Compassion Revisited Conclusion Endnotes Bibliography
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