"The importance of care for education and society cannot be over emphasized. In her remarkable book Professor Mayseless has made a major contribution to the field. I recommend it to all with a concern for our future."
Arthur Zajonc, Past President, Mind & Life Institute, and Professor Emeritus of Physics, Amherst College "A comprehensive review and critique of research on the motivation to care. This is a wonderful addition to the literature on care theory."
Nel Noddings, PhD, Lee Jacks Professor of Education Emerita, Stanford University, and Author of Caring: A Relational Approach to Ethics and Moral Education "This is a deep, important, and beautifully written book providing a multidisciplinary perspective on a core and definitional motive of the human essence-our capacity for empathy and compassion and to provide care to needy others. This book compels us to look at one character strength that transcends the selfish gene and provides an optimistic outlook about the future of humanity and planet Earth."
Mario Mikulincer, PhD, Founding Dean, School of Psychology, and Provost, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel "Care for others enriches our lives as human beings but is under-conceptualized in psychology. Ofra Mayseless offers a scholarly and passionate argument for care as a fundamental human motivational system. This lucid and informative book should be required reading for psychologists. It draws our attention to the origins and development of the good that people manifest in tending to others-in all its complexity."
Ruthellen Josselson, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Fielding Graduate University, and Author, The Space Between Us "[A]n extremely scholarly, informative, and thought-provoking book, filled with insights and extensive literature reviews. It will certainly help to put caring motivation more center stage and support those interested in promoting compassion in different social contexts. I learned much from it and highly recommend it."
volume 61, issue 52 of PsycCRITIQUES