Selfishness and Selflessness: New Approaches to Understanding Morality Contributor(s): Layne, Linda L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1789205492 ISBN-13: 9781789205497 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Social Science | Gender Studies |
Dewey: 179.8 |
LCCN: 2020002013 |
Series: Wyse Social Anthropology |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (1.09 lbs) 244 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: We are said to be suffering a narcissism epidemic when the need for collective action seems more pressing than ever. The traits of Selfishness and selflessness address the 'proper' and 'improper' relationship between one's self and others. The work they do during periods of social instability and cultural change is probed in this original, interdisciplinary collection. Contributions range from an examination of how these concepts animated the eighteenth-century anti-slavery campaigners to a dissection of the way middle-class mothers' experiences illustrate gendered struggles over how much and to whom one is morally obliged to give. |
Contributor Bio(s): Layne, Linda L.: - Linda L. Layne is the author of Home and Homeland: The Dialogics of Tribal and National Identities in Jordan (1994, Princeton University Press) and Motherhood Lost: A Feminist Account of Pregnancy Loss in America (2003, Routledge) and co-producer of a television series on pregnancy loss. She has edited or co-edited numerous volumes on motherhood, parenting and consumer culture. She now studies heterosexual single mothers by choice, lesbian moms and gay dads. |