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100 1 _aKi, Magdalen,
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245 1 0 _aJane Austen and altruism /
_cMagdalen Ki.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bRoutledge,
_c2020.
300 _a1 online resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
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337 _acomputer
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aRoutledge studies in nineteenth-century literature
505 0 _aThe Austen family and the altruism problem -- Psychopathy and sympathy in Northanger Abbey -- Costly signaling and the handicap principle in Sense and sensibility -- Kin and kith altruism in Pride and prejudice -- Survival of the nicest in Mansfield Park -- Pathological altruism in Emma -- Punishment in persuasion -- Afterword: the choice of altruism.
520 _a"Jane Austen and Altruism identifies a compelling theme, namely, the view that Jane Austen propounds a rigorous, boundary-sensitive model of altruism that counters the human propensity to selfishness and promotes the culture of cooperation. In her days, altruism was commonly known as "benevolence", "charity," or "philanthropy", and these concepts overlap with Auguste Comte's later definition of altruism as "otherism". This volume argues that Austen's thinking co-opts the evolutionary idea that altruism is seldom truly pure, egoism cannot be eradicated, and boundless group altruism is not sustainable. However, given that she comes from a naval and clergy family, she witnesses the power of wartime patriotism, the Evangelical revival, the Regency culture of politeness, and the sentimental novels. In her novels, she locates human relationships along an altruism continuum that ranges from enlightened selfishness to pathological altruism. Unconditional love is hard to find, but empathy, kin altruism, reciprocal exchange, and group altruism are key to the formation of self-identity, family, community and the nation state"--
_cProvided by publisher.
588 _aOCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
600 1 0 _aAusten, Jane,
_d1775-1817
_xEthics.
650 0 _aAltruism in literature.
650 0 _aSelf-sacrifice in literature.
650 7 _aLITERARY CRITICISM / General
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856 4 0 _3Taylor & Francis
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