Giving: Charity and Philanthropy in HistoryTransaction Publishers - 241 עמודים "According to Greek mythology mankind's first benefactor was the Titan, Prometheus, who gave fire, previously the exclusive possession of the gods, to mortal man." With these words the esteemed scholar Robert Bremner presents the first full-fledged history of attitudes toward charity and philanthropy. "Giving "is a perfect complement to his earlier work "The Discovery of Poverty in the United States. "The word "philanthropy "has been translated in a variety of ways: as a loving human disposition, loving kindness, love of mankind, charity, fostering mortal man, championing mankind, and helping people. Bremner's book covers all of these meanings in rich detail. Bremner describes the ancient world and classical attitudes toward giving and begging; Middle Ages and early modern times, emphasizing hospitals and patients and donors and attributes of charity; the eighteenth century and the age of benevolence; the nineteenth century and the growth of the concept of public relief and social policy; and a careful multiple chapter review of the twentieth century. Bremner reviews the act of giving in such comparative contexts as London, England and Kasrilevke, Russia with such figures as Thomas Carlyle, Charles Dickens, and Sholem Aleichem, as well as the more familiar wealthy industrialist/philanthropists, forming part of the narrative. The final chapters bring the story up to date, discussing the relationships of modem philanthropy and organized charity, and the uses of philanthropy in education and the arts. Bremner has an astonishing knowledge of the cultural context and the economic contents of philanthropy. As a result, this volume is intriguing as well as important history, written with lively style and wit. Whether the reader is a professional in the so-called "third stream" or "independent sector," or simply a citizen wondering just what the act of giving and the spirit of receiving is all about, "Giving "will be compelling reading. |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 28
... gift should not be prejudicial to the recipient or others ; second , the gift should not exceed the donor's means or impoverish his family ; and third , it should be in keeping with the merits of the recipient , taking into ...
... gift had important consequences and , thanks to literature , has not been forgotten . On Benefits by Seneca the Younger ( 4 B.c.-a.d. 65 ) , like Cicero's On Moral Obligations , was written late in the author's life , probably in the ...
... gift he cited the proffer by Alexander- " madman that he was and incapable of conceiving any plan that was not grandiose " - of an entire city to a friend unprepared and unwilling to assume the burden that accepting the gift would ...
... gifts to the public , although generous , did not exhaust Caesar's estate ; he left the bulk of his vast fortune to Octavius ( later Augustus Caesar ) and the rest to two other great - nephews . 14. Plutarch , " The Life of Julius ...
... gift but was pleased with Abel's . 1 That God preferred meat to vegetables has never seemed an adequate explanation of why Abel's gift was accepted and Cain's rejected . Recent scholars have pointed out that compilers of the Bible ...
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A Hospital and Its Patients | 23 |
Begging Fund Raising and Charity | 25 |
Donors and Attributes of Charity | 35 |
God and Neighbor | 45 |
The World Is All Alike | 55 |
The Age of Benevolence | 57 |
Philanthropy and Reform | 121 |
Love and Kindness | 135 |
And May Not This Be? | 145 |
Paupers Tramps and Beggars | 147 |
Modern Philanthropy and Organized Charity | 159 |
Philanthropic Foundations and the Uses of Philanthropy in Higher Education and the Arts | 169 |
Giving by and for the Poor | 185 |
Current History Stories from Life | 199 |
Poets and Philanthropists | 71 |
Beggars Importunate and Long Rememberd | 85 |
If All Were as Happy as We | 95 |
Relief of Need | 99 |
The Good Samaritan Charles Dickens on Public Relief and Private Charity | 111 |
Afterword | 213 |
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