Empathy and its limits

This volume extends the theoretical scope of the important concept of empathy by analysing not only the cultural contexts that foster the generating of empathy, but in focusing also on the limits of pro-social feelings and the mechanisms that lead to its blocking

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Bibliographic Details
Contributors: Assmann, Aleida 1947- (Editor) ; Detmers, Ines 1968- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: London Palgrave Macmillan 2016
In:Year: 2016
Series/Journal:SpringerLink Bücher
Springer eBook Collection Literature, Cultural and Media Studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Empathy
Further subjects:B Historiography
B Social Sciences
B Literature
B Culture—Study and teaching
B Social History
B Children's Literature
B Emotions
B Communication
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:This volume extends the theoretical scope of the important concept of empathy by analysing not only the cultural contexts that foster the generating of empathy, but in focusing also on the limits of pro-social feelings and the mechanisms that lead to its blocking
ISBN:1137552379
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1057/9781137552372