Format:
Online-Ressource (viii, 233 p)
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ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780857451026
Series Statement:
ASAO studies in pacific anthropology v.1
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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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
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780857451033
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780857451026
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Anthropology of Empathy : Experiencing the Lives of Others in Pacific Societies
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
