TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wuthnow,Robert
TI  - Acts of Compassion: Caring for Others and Helping Ourselves 
SN  - 9780691024936
AV  - HN90.V64 W88 1991 
U1  - 302/.14361.2 
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; PART I: THE PROBLEM OF INDIVIDUALISM --; CHAPTER ONE: An American Paradox --; CHAPTER TWO: Caring and/for Our Selves --; PART II: LANGUAGES OF COMPASSION --; CHAPTER THREE: Talking about Motives --; CHAPTER FOUR: Finding Fulfillment --; PART III: THE ROLE OF FAITH --; CHAPTER FIVE: Conviction and Community --; CHAPTER SIX: Along the Road --; PART IV: THE LIMITS OF CARING --; CHAPTER SEVEN: Bounded Love --; CHAPTER EIGHT: The Tarnished Image --; PART V: THE WIDER CONTEXT --; CHAPTER NINE: Envisioning a Better Society --; CHAPTER TEN: The Case for Compassion --; Notes --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - Robert Wuthnow finds that those who are most involved in acts of compassion are no less individualistic than anyone else--and that those who are the most intensely individualistic are no less involved in caring for others
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