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Compassion

The Culture and Politics of an Emotion

Lauren Berlant editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:2nd Mar '04

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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.

ISBN: 9780415970525

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 362g

256 pages