Beyond the dichotomy between altruism and egoism : society, relationship, and responsibility

• Main Author: Mangone, Emiliana, 1970- (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2020]
• Series: History and society: integrating social, political and economic sciences
• Subjects: Altruism > Social aspects.; Egoism > Social aspects.; Conduct of life.; Psychology > Social Psychology.; Social, group or collective psychology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806605484
• DOI: 10.1108/9781648021305
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (220 pages.)

"The birth of the social sciences and specifically of sociology begets some open questions, among which the debate on altruism and the concept of social solidarity. The term altruism was firstly used by Auguste Comte. It is one of the few terms born within the scientific field that will enter t...