Anthropology of Empathy, The

Author： Hakkarainen   Petri;  

Publisher： Berghahn Books‎

Publication year： 2011

E-ISBN: 9780857451033

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780857451026

Subject： C91 Sociology

Keyword： null 社会学Sociology

Language： ENG

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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.

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THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF EMPATHY

THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF EMPATHY

Contents

Contents

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

The Anthropology of Empathy: Introduction

The Anthropology of Empathy: Introduction

Part I — History and Fieldwork as Lenses on Empathy

Part I — History and Fieldwork as Lenses on Empathy

Chapter 1 — Empathy, Ethnicity, and the Self among the Banabans in Fiji

Chapter 1 — Empathy, Ethnicity, and the Self among the Banabans in Fiji

Chapter 2 — The Boundaries of Personhood, the Problem of Empathy, and "the Native's Point of View" in the Outer Islands

Chapter 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

Part II — Universal and Particular Aspects of Empathy

Chapter 3 — Empathy and "As-If" Attachment in Samoa

Chapter 3 — Empathy and "As-If" Attachment in Samoa

Chapter 4 — Empathic Perception and Imagination among the Asabano: Lessons for Anthropology

Chapter 4 — Empathic Perception and Imagination among the Asabano: Lessons for Anthropology

Part III — Personhood, Morality, and Empathy

Part III — Personhood, Morality, and Empathy

Chapter 5 — Suffering, Empathy, and Ethical Modalities of Being in Yap (Waqab), Federated States of Micronesia

Chapter 5 — Suffering, Empathy, and Ethical Modalities of Being in Yap (Waqab), Federated States of Micronesia

Chapter 6 — Do Anutans Empathize? Morality, Compassion, and Opacity of Other Minds

Chapter 6 — Do Anutans Empathize? Morality, Compassion, and Opacity of Other Minds

Chapter 7 — Bosmun Foodways: Emotional Reasoning in a Papua New Guinea Lifeworld

Chapter 7 — Bosmun Foodways: Emotional Reasoning in a Papua New Guinea Lifeworld

Chapter 8 — Vicissitudes of "Empathy" in a Rural Toraja Village

Chapter 8 — Vicissitudes of "Empathy" in a Rural Toraja Village

Empathy and Anthropology: An Afterword

Empathy and Anthropology: An Afterword

Notes on the Contributors

Notes on the Contributors

Index

Index

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