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: | 9780415970518 |
| Publication date: | 2nd March 2004 |
| Author: | Lauren Berlant |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | Essays from the English Institute |
| Genres: |
Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology |
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.
Compassion features in the following genres: Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology
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Compassion was written by Lauren Berlant and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Compassion has 256 pages
Yes it is part of Essays from the English Institute series
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