Born for love: why empathy is essential--and endangered
Science journalist Maia Szalavitz and child psychiatrist Bruce D. Perry explain how empathy develops, why it is essential both to human happiness and for a functional society, and how it is threatened in the modern world.
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- Full title :Born for love : why empathy is essential--and endangered / Maia Szalavitz and Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D.
Summary
Science journalist Maia Szalavitz and child psychiatrist Bruce D. Perry explain how empathy develops, why it is essential both to human happiness and for a functional society, and how it is threatened in the modern world.
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- Publication Date:©2010
- Edition:First Harper paperback
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):William Morrow - an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication:New York, NY
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2010
Notes
Originally published: New York : William Morrow, 2010.
The Physical Object
- Description:x, 374 pages ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780061656798, 0061656798
- oclc:ocn641534275
- LC Classification:BF575.E55
- Dewey Decimal:152.41
Table of Contents
Heaven is other people -- In your face -- Missing people -- Intense world -- Lies and consequences -- No mercy -- Resilience -- The chameleon -- Us versus them -- Glued to the tube -- On baboons, British civil servants, and the Oscars -- Warm as Iceland -- All together now -- Epilogue: people and programs.
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