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Embracing the other : philosophical, psychological, and historical perspectives on altruism

Author: Pearl M Oliner; et al
Publisher: New York : New York University Press, ©1992.
Edition/Format:  Book : Conference publication : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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All but buried for most of the twentieth century, the concept of altruism has reemerged in this last quarter as a focus of intense scholarly inquiry and general public interest. In the wake of increased consciousness of the human potential for destructiveness, both scholars and the general public are seeking interventions that will not only inhibit the process, but may in fact chart a new creative path toward a  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Congresses
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Material Type: Conference publication, Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Pearl M Oliner; et al
ISBN: 0814761755 9780814761755
OCLC Number: 26131977
Notes: Papers presented at the conference, Theoretical and social implications of rescuing people in extreme situations: another look at altruism, held in Radziejowice, Poland, in June 1989.
Description: xiii, 460 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Empathy and protest : two roots of heroic altruism / Krzysztof Konarzewski --
Altruism and the moral value of rescue : resisting persecution, racism, and genocide / Lawrence A. Blum --
Rescue, righteousness, and morality / Victor J. Seidler --
Altruism and human nature : resolving the evolutionary paradox / Ian Vine --
Altruism and the evolution of civil society / Ronald Cohen --
The development of altruistic personality / Dennis L. Krebs and Frank Van Hesteren --
The self in moral agency : toward a theoretical model of the ideal altruistic personality / Frank Van Hesteren --
Self, we, and other(s) : schemata, distinctiveness, and altruism / Maria Jarymowicz --
Motivations of people who helped Jews survive the Nazi occupation / M. Zuzanna Smolenska and Janusz Reykowski --
Predicting prosocial commitment in different social contexts / Leo Montada. Helping in late life / Elizabeth Midlarsky --
The question of altruism during the Armenian genocide of 1915 / Richard G. Hovannisian --
The Dutchness of Dutch resources : the national dimension of altruism / Lawrence Baron --
The role of Polish nuns in the rescue of Jews, 1939-1945 / Ewa Kurek-Lesik --
Political altruism : a case study / Rachel Hertz-Lazarowitz --
Promoting extensive altruistic bonds : a conceptual elaboration and some pragmatic implications / Pearl M. Oliner and Samuel P. Oliner --
The origins of caring, helping and nonaggression : parental socialization, the family system, schools, and cultural influence / Ervin Staub --
Altruism among alcoholics / Daniel M. Boland --
Altruism and extensivity in the Bahá'í religion / Wendy M. Heller and Hoda Mahmoudi --
Altruism in the socialist world / Wiktor Osiatynski.
Responsibility: edited by Pearl M. Oliner ... [et al.].
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All but buried for most of the twentieth century, the concept of altruism has reemerged in this last quarter as a focus of intense scholarly inquiry and general public interest. In the wake of increased consciousness of the human potential for destructiveness, both scholars and the general public are seeking interventions that will not only inhibit the process, but may in fact chart a new creative path toward a global community. Largely initiated by a group of pioneering social psychologists, early questions on altruism centered on its motivation and development primarily in the context of contrived laboratory experiments. Although publications on the topic have been considerable over the last several years, and now represent the work of representatives from many disciplines of inquiry, this volume is distinguished from others in several ways. Embracing the Other emerged primarily as a response to recent research on an extraordinary manifestation of real-life altruism, namely to recent studies of non-Jewish rescuers of Jews during World War II. It is the work of a multidisciplinary and international group of scholars, including philosophers, social psychologists, historians, sociologists, and educators, challenging several prevailing conceptual definitions and motivational sources of altruism. The book combines both new empirical and historical research as well as theoretical and philosophical approaches and includes a lengthy section addressing the practical implications of current thinking on altruism for society at large. The result is a multitextured work, addressing critical issues in varied disciplines, while centered on shared themes.

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