The Science of Compassionate Love: Theory, Research, and Applications
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Description for The Science of Compassionate Love: Theory, Research, and Applications
Paperback. The Science of Compassionate Love is an interdisciplinary volume that presents cutting-edge scholarship on the topics of altruism and compassionate love. Editor(s): Fehr, Beverley; Sprecher, Susan; Underwood, Lynn G. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JMM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 692.
The Science of Compassionate Love is an interdisciplinary volume that presents cutting-edge scholarship on the topics of altruism and compassionate love. The book
The Science of Compassionate Love is an interdisciplinary volume that presents cutting-edge scholarship on the topics of altruism and compassionate love. The book
- Adopts a social science approach to understanding compassionate love
- Emphasizes positive features of social interaction
- Encourages the appropriate expression of compassionate love both to those in intimate relationships and to strangers
- Includes articles by distinguished contributors from the fields of Psychology, Sociology, Communication Studies, Family Studies, Epidemiology, Medicine and Nursing
- Is ideal for workshops on compassionate love, Positive Psychology, and creating constructive interactions between health professionals and patients
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Number of Pages
488
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405153942
SKU
V9781405153942
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Fehr
Beverley Fehr is Professor of Psychology at the University of Winnipeg. Susan Sprecher is Professor of Sociology with Joint Appointment in Psychology at Illinois State University. Lynn G. Underwood is Professor of Biomedical Humanities at Hiram College.
Reviews for The Science of Compassionate Love: Theory, Research, and Applications
For this splendid collection, Fehr (psychology, Univ. of Winnipeg), Sprecher (sociology, Illinois State University), and Underwood (biomedical humanities, Hiram College) assembled 15 original essays on "the science of compassionate love," i.e., "the kind of love that is a central feature in many religious traditions: a self-giving, caring love that values the other highly and has the intention of giving full ... Read more