Cruelty A Book About Us

In an academic world where far too much scholarship sinks into a whirlpool of technical jargon and tribal professionalism, her book aims directly at the heart of the matter, even if it is a sorely bleeding heart. —Professor Giorgio Baruchello, Professor, University of Akureyri, and author of Humour...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schein, Maggie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: What the Scholars Owe Us
  • Chapter 2: Professors of Cruelty: Some Anxieties About Being Us
  • Chapter 3: Himmler, Himmler’s Canary, and Us
  • Chapter 4: What Do We Say About Cruelty? Patterns of Responses to the Questions “What Is Cruelty?”
  • Chapter 5: I’m a Good Person, Really!
  • Chapter 6: Thin Skin and Faith
  • Chapter 7: What’s the Difference Between a Rutabaga and a Pig?
  • Chapter 8: Kaleidoscope Mirrors: Response and Responsiveness
  • Chapter 9: The Perfect Sheep
  • Chapter 10: A Mistake
  • Chapter 11: A Proposal: Learning to Perceive