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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Note on Names and Thai Transliteration xiii
- Introduction: An Invitation to Care 1
- 1. The Karma of Care: Ordinary Actions and Their Consequences 19
- 2. The Conditioning of Care: Intention, Emotion, and Restraint 43
- 3. The Subjects of Care: Perceiving the Social Body 68
- 4. The Civic Landscape of Care: Merit and the Spirit of Volunteering for Elders 88
- 5. The Violence of Care: Pity and Compassion, Patronage and Repression 114
- Conclusion: On Unending Care: Rituals for Making Things So 143
- Notes 151
- References 175
- Index 187
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Note on Names and Thai Transliteration xiii
- Introduction: An Invitation to Care 1
- 1. The Karma of Care: Ordinary Actions and Their Consequences 19
- 2. The Conditioning of Care: Intention, Emotion, and Restraint 43
- 3. The Subjects of Care: Perceiving the Social Body 68
- 4. The Civic Landscape of Care: Merit and the Spirit of Volunteering for Elders 88
- 5. The Violence of Care: Pity and Compassion, Patronage and Repression 114
- Conclusion: On Unending Care: Rituals for Making Things So 143
- Notes 151
- References 175
- Index 187