The Anthropology of Empathy

Experiencing the Lives of Others in Pacific Societies

Douglas W Hollan editor C Jason Throop editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Berghahn Books

Published:1st Aug '11

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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.

“This volume is not only of value to anthropologists; it is highly recommended for anybody involved in or preparing for cross-cultural work. It can help raise awareness of the importance and the limitation of cross-cultural empathy, encouraging quality fieldwork, as well as more research into empathy elsewhere in the world.”  ·  Missiology: An International Review

ISBN: 9780857451026

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 499g

252 pages