"Intelligently addresses several of the most important unresolved
issues and controversies about altruism."
--"The Journal of Politics"
All but buried for most of the twentieth century, the concept of
altruism has re-emerged 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
which 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 multi-disciplinary 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 resultis a
multi-textured work, addressing critical issues in varied
disciplines, while centered on shared themes.
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