02925nam 2200685 a 450 991046175280332120200520144314.00-85745-103-0(CKB)2670000000114077(EBL)769399(OCoLC)751694558(SSID)ssj0000534027(PQKBManifestationID)12215779(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000534027(PQKBWorkID)10492987(PQKB)11751281(MiAaPQ)EBC769399(Au-PeEL)EBL769399(CaPaEBR)ebr10497651(CaONFJC)MIL508991(EXLCZ)99267000000011407720101209d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe anthropology of empathy[electronic resource] experiencing the lives of others in Pacific societies /edited by Douglas W. Hollan and C. Jason ThroopNew York Berghahn Booksc20111 online resource (245 p.)ASAO studies in pacific anthropologyDescription based upon print version of record.0-85745-102-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. History and fieldwork as lenses on empathy -- pt. 2. Universal and particular aspects of empathy -- pt. 3. Personhood, morality, and empathy -- pt. 4. Vicissitudes of empathy. Exploring the role of empathy in a variety of Pacific societies, this book is at the forefront of the latest anthropological research on empathy. It presents distinct articulations of many assumptions of contemporary philosophical, neurobiological, and social scientific treatments of the topic. The variations described in this book do not necessarily preclude the possibility of shared existential, biological, and social influences that give empathy a distinctly human cast, but they do provide an important ethnographic lens through which to examine the possibilities and limits of empathy in ASAO studies in pacific anthropology.EmpathySocial aspectsFijiEmpathySocial aspectsOceaniaEthnopsychologyOceaniaSelf psychologyOceaniaOther (Philosophy)OceaniaOceaniaEthnic relationsOceaniaSocial conditionsElectronic books.EmpathySocial aspectsEmpathySocial aspectsEthnopsychologySelf psychologyOther (Philosophy)152.4/1Hollan Douglas Wood1033936Throop C. Jason1033937MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461752803321The anthropology of empathy2452759UNINA