When Charity Does Not Begin at Home
Exploring the British Socioemotional Economy of Compassion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2642811 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ruben Flores (0000-0001-5075-3906, National Research University Higher School of Economics, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 50-60 |
| Publication date | 2013-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Research Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5153/sro.2874 |
| OpenAlex | W2052720568 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 34 |
The British socioemotional economy is marked by a tension between cosmopolitan humanitarian sentiments and the denial of sympathy for geographically close, but socially distant, strangers in need. The essence of this tension can be captured by the Dickensian notion of 'telescopic philanthropy'. A proper understanding of this tension would benefit from examining both short-term and secular trends - proximate and distal causal mechanisms. The paper is not explanatory in nature, but aims to generate sensitizing concepts, while at the same time seeking to steer the altruism, morality, and social solidarity literature towards a more active engagement with history, power, and ideology
Compassion · Consolation · Denial · Empathy · Environmental ethics · Ideology · Morality · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Socioemotional selectivity theory · Sociology · Solidarity · Sympathy · Employment and Welfare Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Psychology · Social Psychology
The Germans
Suffering
Acts of Compassion
A Literature Review of Empirical Studies of Philanthropy
The emotional dog and its rational tail
Adam Smith and the Circles of Sympathy
The Life You Can Save
The Moral Significance of Class
The ‘chav’ phenomenon
Civility
Victorian Cosmopolitanisms
Generally Speaking
Crafting the Neoliberal State
How Neighbors Become Jews
Upheavals of Thought
Problems of Involvement and Detachment
What is Wrong with Social Theory
Reflections on an Intellectual Adventure
Ribbon Culture
The Emergence of Predominant Capitalism
Norbert Elias, the Civilizing Process
Misery and Company
Their Risks Are My Risks
Mockery and Morality in Popular Cultural Representations of the White, Working Class
My Family and Other Animals
Grounded Theory and Sensitizing Concepts
Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research
Revisiting the Generalized Other
The Making of Class and Gender through Visualizing Moral Subject Formation
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2021 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |