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Compassion: The Culture and Politics of an Emotion (Essays from the English Institute)
Compassion The Culture and Politics of an Emotion - Essays from the English Institute
Author: Lauren Berlant
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, surp...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780415970525
ISBN-10: 0415970520
Publication Date: 3/2/2004
Pages: 272
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Publisher: Routledge
Book Type: Paperback
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