Empathy Imperiled: Capitalism, Culture, and the Brain

by Gary Olson

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The most critical factor explaining the disjuncture between empathy's revolutionary potential and today's empathically-impaired society is the interaction between the brain and our dominant political culture. The evolutionary process has given rise to a hard-wired neural system in the primal brain and particularly in the human brain. This book argues that the crucial missing piece in this conversation is the failure to identify and explain the dynamic...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1461461162

ISBN13:9781461461166

Release Date:December 2012

Publisher:Springer

Length:110 Pages

Weight:0.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Philosophy Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Psychology

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