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The anthropology of empathy [[electronic resource] ] : experiencing the lives of others in Pacific societies / / edited by Douglas W. Hollan and C. Jason Throop



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Titolo: The anthropology of empathy [[electronic resource] ] : experiencing the lives of others in Pacific societies / / edited by Douglas W. Hollan and C. Jason Throop Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, c2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (245 p.)
Disciplina: 152.4/1
Soggetto topico: Empathy - Social aspects - Fiji
Empathy - Social aspects - Oceania
Ethnopsychology - Oceania
Self psychology - Oceania
Other (Philosophy) - Oceania
Soggetto geografico: Oceania Ethnic relations
Oceania Social conditions
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: HollanDouglas Wood  
ThroopC. Jason  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: The anthropology of empathy  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-85745-103-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910461752803321
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Serie: ASAO studies in pacific anthropology.