The anthropology of empathy : experiencing the lives of others in Pacific societies /

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

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 experienc...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hollan, Douglas Wood, Throop, C. Jason
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, ©2011.
Colección:ASAO studies in Pacific anthropology ; vol. 1.
Temas:
Empathy > Social aspects > Fiji.
Empathy > Social aspects > Oceania.
Ethnopsychology > Oceania.
Self psychology > Oceania.
Other (Philosophy) > Oceania.
Empathie > Aspect social > Fidji.
Empathie > Aspect social > Océanie.
Ethnopsychologie > Océanie.
Psychologie du soi > Océanie.
Altérité.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Death, Grief, Bereavement.
PSYCHOLOGY > Emotions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Empathy > Social aspects
Ethnic relations
Ethnopsychology
Other (Philosophy)
Self psychology
Social conditions
Oceania > Ethnic relations.
Oceania > Social conditions.
Océanie > Relations interethniques.
Océanie > Conditions sociales.
Fiji
Oceania
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 233 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857451033
0857451030
0857451022
9780857451026

Ejemplares similares