{"product_id":"kindness-wars-the-history-and-political-economy-of-human-caring-paperback","title":"Kindness Wars: The History and Political Economy of Human Caring - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNoel A. Cazenave\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKindness Wars rescues our understanding of kindness from the clutches of an intellectually and morally myopic popular psychology and returns it to the stage of big ideas, in keeping with the important Enlightenment-era debates about human nature and possibilities. Cazenave conceptualizes kindness not just as a benevolent feeling, a caring thought, or a generous action but as a worldview, a theory, or an ideology that explains who we are and justifies how we treat others. Here \"kindness wars\" refer to the millennia-old \"kindness theory\" and ideological conflicts over what kind of societies humans can and should have. The book's title denotes the two types of kindness wars it analyzes, conflict over (1) whether to be kind or not (i.e., the conflicts \u003ci\u003ebetween \u003c\/i\u003ekindness and other societal values and ideologies) and (2) what it means to be kind (i.e., the wars \u003ci\u003ewithin \u003c\/i\u003ekindness over different ideas as to what it means to be kind and to whom). Using a conflict theoretical perspective, \u003ci\u003eKindness Wars \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the history of the kindness concept; its many struggles with opposing notions of our true nature and possibilities; and what the lessons of that history and those battles offer us toward the development of a large, robust, and politically engaged conceptualization of kindness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoel A. Cazenave is Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. In addition to his other books, numerous journal articles, book chapters, and various other publications, Professor Cazenave coauthored \u003ci\u003eWelfare Racism: Playing the Race Card Against America's Poor\u003c\/i\u003e, which won five book awards, and has most recently published \u003ci\u003eKilling African Americans: Police and Vigilante Violence as a Racial Control Mechanism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42156779438215,"sku":"9781032547756","price":90.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/abd0b1ded2da4aecbd242cfa918d80b7.webp?v=1733246249","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/kindness-wars-the-history-and-political-economy-of-human-caring-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}