{"product_id":"social-empathy-elizabeth-segal-9780231184809","title":"Social Empathy: The Art of Understanding Others","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur ability to understand others and help others understand us is essential to our individual and collective well-being. Yet there are many barriers that keep us from walking in the shoes of others: fear, skepticism, and power structures that separate us from those outside our narrow groups. To progress in a multicultural world and ensure our common good, we need to overcome these obstacles. Our best hope can be found in the skill of empathy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSocial Empathy\u003c\/i\u003e, Elizabeth A. Segal explains how we can develop our ability to understand one another and have compassion toward different social groups. When we are socially empathic, we not only imagine what it is like to be another person, but we consider their social, economic, and political circumstances and what shaped them. Segal explains the evolutionary and learned components of interpersonal and social empathy, including neurobiological factors and the role of social structures. Ultimately, empathy is not only a part of interpersonal relations: it is fundamental to interactions between different social groups and can be a way to bridge diverse people and communities. A clear and useful explanation of an often misunderstood concept, \u003ci\u003eSocial Empathy\u003c\/i\u003e brings together sociology, psychology, social work, and cognitive neuroscience to illustrate how to become better advocates for justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Segal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231184808\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231184809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2018 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2019","brand":"Elizabeth Segal","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44119483384063,"sku":"9780231184809","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4c6f7506-d8a9-4689-9acd-3d320f2a7b57.jpg?v=1687409593","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/social-empathy-elizabeth-segal-9780231184809","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}