Contributions

  • Wilson, Richard, 1964- - Contributor
  • Brown, Richard D. - Contributor

Publication

2008 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England

Language

English

Word Count

79,500 words, Guess

Page Count

318 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780521883856
  • ISBN-100521883857
  • LibraryThing8138171
  • Goodreads6652223
  • Library of Congress Control Number2008023734
and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC361.2
  • LCCBJ1475.3 .H86 2008
  • LCCBJ1475.3.H86 2008
and 1 more
  • LCCBJ1475.3 .H86 2009

Description

"While humanitarianism is clearly political, Humanitarianism and Suffering addresses the ways in which it is also an ethos embedded in civil society, one that drives secular and religious social and cultural movements, not just legal and political institutions."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

361.2EmpathyAltruismSufferingCongressesSocial ChangeHumanitarianism

Other Editions

  • Humanitarianism and suffering: the mobilization of empathyCambridge University Press2008-01-01

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