Civic Gifts
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Author |
: Elisabeth S. Clemens |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 437 |
Release |
: 2020-04-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226670973 |
ISBN-13 |
: 022667097X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis Civic Gifts by : Elisabeth S. Clemens
In Civic Gifts, Elisabeth S. Clemens takes a singular approach to probing the puzzle that is the United States. How, she asks, did a powerful state develop within an anti-statist political culture? How did a sense of shared nationhood develop despite the linguistic, religious, and ethnic differences among settlers and, eventually, citizens? Clemens reveals that an important piece of the answer to these questions can be found in the unexpected political uses of benevolence and philanthropy, practices of gift-giving and reciprocity that coexisted uneasily with the self-sufficient independence expected of liberal citizens Civic Gifts focuses on the power of gifts not only to mobilize communities throughout US history, but also to create new forms of solidarity among strangers. Clemens makes clear how, from the early Republic through the Second World War, reciprocity was an important tool for eliciting both the commitments and the capacities needed to face natural disasters, economic crises, and unprecedented national challenges. Encompassing a range of endeavors from the mobilized voluntarism of the Civil War, through Community Chests and the Red Cross to the FDR-driven rise of the March of Dimes, Clemens shows how voluntary efforts were repeatedly articulated with government projects. The legacy of these efforts is a state co-constituted with, as much as constrained by, civil society.
Author |
: Elisabeth S. Clemens |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 437 |
Release |
: 2020-04-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226670836 |
ISBN-13 |
: 022667083X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis Civic Gifts by : Elisabeth S. Clemens
In Civic Gifts, Elisabeth S. Clemens takes a singular approach to probing the puzzle that is the United States. How, she asks, did a powerful state develop within an anti-statist political culture? How did a sense of shared nationhood develop despite the linguistic, religious, and ethnic differences among settlers and, eventually, citizens? Clemens reveals that an important piece of the answer to these questions can be found in the unexpected political uses of benevolence and philanthropy, practices of gift-giving and reciprocity that coexisted uneasily with the self-sufficient independence expected of liberal citizens Civic Gifts focuses on the power of gifts not only to mobilize communities throughout US history, but also to create new forms of solidarity among strangers. Clemens makes clear how, from the early Republic through the Second World War, reciprocity was an important tool for eliciting both the commitments and the capacities needed to face natural disasters, economic crises, and unprecedented national challenges. Encompassing a range of endeavors from the mobilized voluntarism of the Civil War, through Community Chests and the Red Cross to the FDR-driven rise of the March of Dimes, Clemens shows how voluntary efforts were repeatedly articulated with government projects. The legacy of these efforts is a state co-constituted with, as much as constrained by, civil society.
Author |
: Don Everts |
Publisher |
: InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages |
: 181 |
Release |
: 2022-05-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781514003749 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1514003740 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis Discover Your Gifts by : Don Everts
Each of us has gifts to offer to the world around us, but we have not always identified or deployed them effectively. Incorporating new research on the impact that our gifts can make, Don Everts explores the many kinds of gifts God gives, whether spiritual, civic, artistic, or entrepreneurial. Discover how our gifts can pave a way for reconnecting with our communities.
Author |
: Michael Satlow |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 364 |
Release |
: 2013-02-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781118517901 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1118517903 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Gift in Antiquity by : Michael Satlow
The Gift in Antiquity presents a collection of 14 original essays that apply French sociologist Marcel Mauss’s notion of gift-giving to the study of antiquity. Features a collection of original essays that cover such wide-ranging topics as vows in the Hebrew Bible; ancient Greek wedding gifts; Hellenistic civic practices; Latin literature; Roman and Jewish burial practices; and Jewish and Christian religious gifts Organizes essays around theoretical concerns rather than chronologically Generates unique insights into gift-giving and reciprocity in antiquity Takes an explicitly cross-cultural approach to the study of ancient history
Author |
: Tony Cook |
Publisher |
: InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages |
: 91 |
Release |
: 2022-05-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781514004500 |
ISBN-13 |
: 151400450X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis Discover Your Gifts Workbook by : Tony Cook
Discover your gifts with this practical guide that describes twelve different kinds of gifts and gives examples of how each can be used in church, family, work, and society. By using this workbook alongside the Discover Your Gifts book, you can grow in your understanding and use of your own gifts and become better equipped to recognize and unleash the gifts of others.
Author |
: John O'Neill |
Publisher |
: University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages |
: 157 |
Release |
: 2004-12-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781442658998 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1442658991 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Civic Capitalism by : John O'Neill
Offering a positive formulation of the moral practices that are basic to the civic institution of childhood, citizenship, and social justice, Civic Capitalism expands the economist's concept of human capital to include health, education, and other social transfers that enrich civic capital formation. John O'Neill demonstrates how this development has become the political core of capitalist societies in North America and Europe whose welfare regimes are continuously contested yet intrinsic to ideals of citizenship and social justice. Civic Capitalism examines the current surrender to global capitalism and market elites that exploit rich national niches of civic society, education, health, the rule of law, and social security, and challenges it to re-focus on the needs of children and the poor. Elite ideologies of anti-governance and anti-taxation are indifferent to the needs of society's most vulnerable, and fail to realize that inequality, ignorance, and sickness are the most present impediments to economic growth and democracy. O'Neill gives moral voice to children and the state of childhood – the site where our notions of well-being (health, education, human capital) are tested. His research draws upon the classical tradition of critical political economy and social policy in Galbraith, Rawls, and Tawney, to name a few. Working within this tradition, he provides a grammar of civic childhood and the wealth of nations.
Author |
: Natalie Zemon Davis |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 318 |
Release |
: 2000 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0199242887 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780199242887 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Gift in Sixteenth-century France by : Natalie Zemon Davis
Must a gift be given freely? How can we tell a gift from a bribe? Are gifts always a part of human relations--or do they lose their power and importance once the market takes hold and puts a price on every exchange? These questions are central to our sense of social relations past and present, and they are at the heart of this book by one of our most intersting and renowned historians.
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: |
Total Pages |
: 1580 |
Release |
: 1992 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105015984482 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis Corporate 500 by :
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Total Pages |
: 1042 |
Release |
: 1927 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015080321485 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Lumberman by :
Author |
: Arthur Hastings Grant |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 920 |
Release |
: 1927 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015068230963 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis The American City by : Arthur Hastings Grant