Social Decentering: A Theory of Other-Orientation Encompassing Empathy and Perspective-Taking 3110515660, 9783110515664

Social decentering theory was developed in response to the confusion created by the use of the term empathy and to a les

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Social decentering theory was developed in response to the confusion created by the use of the term empathy and to a les

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Social decentering theory was developed in response to the confusion created by the use of the term empathy and to a les

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Social theory and research has long faced the limitations of its conventional Eurocentric focus. The essays in this volu

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Recent methodological debates have shown that practice theory can either be developed by combining and slightly extendin

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"Decentering" has fast become a dynamic approach to the study of American cultural and diplomatic history. But

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Elizabeth A. Segal explains how we can develop our ability to understand one another and have compassion toward differen

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This book examines the concept of empathy in sociological and neuroscientific discourses using innovative perspectives f

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A surprising, sweeping, and deeply researched history of empathy—from late-nineteenth-century German aesthetics to mirro

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All social structures are essentially power structures dependent on energy. The concept of power and the role of energy

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