The Paradox of Generosity: Giving We Receive, Grasping We Lose - Couverture rigide

Smith, Christian; Davidson, Hilary

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0199394903 ISBN 13 : 9780199394906

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2014

Synopsis

Determining why, when, and to whom people feel compelled to be generous affords invaluable insight into positive and problematic ways of life. Organ donation, volunteering, and the funding of charities can all be illuminated by sociological and psychological perspectives on how American adults conceive of and demonstrate generosity. Focusing not only on financial giving but on the many diverse forms generosity can take, Christian Smith and Hilary Davidson show the deep impactusually good, sometimes destructivethat giving has on individuals.
The Paradox of Generosity is the first study to make use of the cutting-edge empirical data collected in Smith's groundbreaking, multidisciplinary, five-year Science of Generosity Initiative. It draws on an extensive survey of 2,000 Americans, more than sixty in-depth interviews with individuals across twelve states, and analysis of over 1,000 photographs and other visual materials. This wealth of evidence reveals a consistent link between demonstrating generosity and leading a better life: more generous people are happier, suffer fewer illnesses and injuries, live with a greater sense of purpose, and experience less depression. Smith and Davidson also show, however, that to achieve a better life a person must practice generosity regularly-random acts of kindness are not enough.
Offering a wide range of vividly illustrative case studies, this volume will be a crucial resource for anyone seeking to understand the true impact and meaning of generosity.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Christian Smith is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, Director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society, Director of the Notre Dame Center for Social Research, Principal Investigator of the National Study of Youth and Religion, and Principal Investigator of the Science of Generosity Initiative. He is the author, co-author, or editor of numerous books, including Young Catholic America, Souls in Transition, and Soul Searching.
Hilary Davidson is a PhD candidate in sociology at the University of Notre Dame. With Christian Smith, Kari Christoffersen, and Patricia Snell Herzog, she is a co-author of Lost in Transition: The Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0199394903
• ISBN 13: 9780199394906
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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