The Paradox of Generosity: Giving We Receive, Grasping We Lose

by Hilary Davidson and Christian Smith

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199394903
• ISBN13: 9780199394906
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"