Conspicuous compassion : why sometimes it really is cruel to be kind / Patrick West.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Civitas, Institute for the Study of Civil Society, 2004Description: viii, 79 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1903386349
- 9781903386347
- 152.4 22
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 152.4 WES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A396643B |
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / Kenneth Minogue -- 1. Conspicuous compassion -- 2. Mourning sickness -- 3. Nonce-sense -- 4. Silence of the critics -- 5. Lapel louts -- 6. Animal wrongs -- 7. Any spare change? -- 8. Not in my name -- 9. You've got junk mail -- 10. Drop the slogans -- 11. Relief from celebrities -- 12. The easiest word -- 13. Towards a less 'caring' society -- Postscript : the case of the Rev. John Smallwood.
"Our culture of ostentatious caring is about projecting your ego, and informing others what a deeply caring individual you are. It is about feeling good, not doing good, and illustrates not how altruistic we have become, but how selfish. And, as Patrick West shows in this monograph, sometimes it can be cruel to care."--BOOK JACKET.
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