Giving: Western Ideas of Philanthropy

Giving: Western Ideas of Philanthropy
ISBN-10
0253113334
ISBN-13
9780253113337
Series
Giving
Category
Social Science
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
1996-11-22
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Author
Jerome B. Schneewind

Description

What ways do we have for understanding charity and philanthropy? How do we come to think in these ways? In this volume, historians of antiquity, the middle ages, early modern thought, and the Victorian era discuss the evolution of thinking about and practicing voluntary giving, taking up some inescapable questions about charity.

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