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Umfang: Online-Ressource (viii, 233 p) , ill., maps

Ausgabe: Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780857451026

Serie: ASAO studies in pacific anthropology v.1

Inhalt: 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 empathy in the Pacific region. More specifically, the volume examines significant regional patterns in the experience, enactment, recognition, and limits of empathy that challenge 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 soc

Anmerkung: 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. , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9780857451033

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9780857451026

Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Anthropology of Empathy : Experiencing the Lives of Others in Pacific Societies

Sprache: Englisch

URL: Volltext

URL: Volltext

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Umfang: 1 online resource (252 p.)

ISBN: 9780857451033

Serie: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology ; 1

Inhalt: 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 any given community of practice.

Anmerkung: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgements -- , The Anthropology of Empathy: Introduction -- , PART I History and Fieldwork as Lenses on Empathy -- , 1 Empathy, Ethnicity, and the Self among the Banabans in Fiji -- , 2 The Boundaries of Personhood, the Problem of Empathy, and “the Native’s Point of View” in the Outer Islands -- , PART II Universal and Particular Aspects of Empathy -- , 3 Empathy and “As-If” Attachment in Samoa -- , 4 Empathic Perception and Imagination among the Asabano: Lessons for Anthropology -- , PART III Personhood, Morality, and Empathy -- , 5 Suffering, Empathy, and Ethical Modalities of Being in Yap (Waqab), Federated States of Micronesia -- , 6 Do Anutans Empathize? Morality, Compassion, and Opacity of Other Minds -- , 7 Bosmun Foodways: Emotional Reasoning in a Papua New Guinea Lifeworld -- , PART IV Vicissitudes of Empathy -- , 8 Vicissitudes of “Empathy” in a Rural Toraja Village -- , Empathy and Anthropology: An Afterword -- , Notes on the Contributors -- , Index , In English.

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.1515/9780857451033

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857451033

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780857451033

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Umfang: 1 online resource (viii, 233 pages) : , illustrations, maps

ISBN: 0-85745-103-0

Serie: ASAO studies in pacific anthropology

Inhalt: 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

Anmerkung: Description based upon print version of record. , 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. , English

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 0-85745-102-2

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.1515/9780857451033