Description |
1 online resource (viii, 233 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Series |
ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology ; vol. 1 |
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ASAO studies in Pacific anthropology ; vol. 1.
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Contents |
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 |
Summary |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Empathy -- Social aspects -- Fiji
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Empathy -- Social aspects -- Oceania
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Ethnopsychology -- Oceania
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Self psychology -- Oceania
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Other (Philosophy) -- Oceania
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Death, Grief, Bereavement.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Emotions.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Empathy -- Social aspects
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Ethnic relations
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Ethnopsychology
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Other (Philosophy)
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Self psychology
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Social conditions
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Oceania -- Ethnic relations
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Oceania -- Social conditions
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Fiji
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Oceania
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Hollan, Douglas Wood
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Throop, C. Jason
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ISBN |
9780857451033 |
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0857451030 |
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0857451022 |
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9780857451026 |
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