{"product_id":"empathy-susan-lanzoni-9780300222685","title":"Empathy: A History","description":"\u003cb\u003eA surprising, sweeping, and deeply researched history of empathy--from late-nineteenth-century German aesthetics to mirror neurons\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmpathy: A History\u003c\/i\u003e tells the fascinating and largely unknown story of the first appearance of \u003ci\u003eempathy\u003c\/i\u003e in 1908 and tracks its shifting meanings over the following century. Despite the word's ubiquity today, few realize that it began as a translation of \u003ci\u003eEinf?lung \u003c\/i\u003e(\"in-feeling\"), a term in German psychological aesthetics that described how spectators projected their own feelings and movements into objects of art and nature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Remarkably, this early conception of empathy transformed into its opposite over the ensuing decades. Social scientists and clinical psychologists refashioned empathy to require the deliberate putting aside of one's feelings to more accurately understand another's. By the end of World War II, interpersonal empathy entered the mainstream, appearing in advice columns, popular radio and TV, and later in public forums on civil rights. Even as neuroscientists continue to map the brain correlates of empathy, its many dimensions still elude strict scientific description. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This meticulously researched book uncovers empathy's historical layers, offering a rich portrait of the tension between the reach of one's own imagination and the realities of others' experiences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Lanzoni\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300222688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300222685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2019","brand":"Susan Lanzoni","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43987276660991,"sku":"9780300222685","price":82.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4719f74e-b300-4cc2-9be0-21151ad02715.jpg?v=1683288018","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/empathy-susan-lanzoni-9780300222685","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}