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Frans De Waal

The Age of Empathy

Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society

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In this thought-provoking book, the acclaimed author of Our Inner Ape examines how empathy comes naturally to a great variety of animals, including humans. Are we our brothers' keepers? Do we have an instinct for compassion? Or are we, as is often assumed, only on earth to serve our own survival and interests? By studying social behaviors in animals, such as bonding, the herd instinct, the forming of trusting alliances, expressions of consolation, and conflict resolution, Frans de Waal demonstrates that animals-and humans-are preprogrammed to reach out. He has found that chimpanzees care for mates that are wounded by leopards, elephants off… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-307-40777-1
  • EAN: 9780307407771
  • Produktnummer: 19380576
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
  • Seitenangabe: 304 S.
  • Masse: H20.2 cm x B13.4 cm x D2.0 cm 265 g
  • Gewicht: 265

Über den Autor


FRANS DE WAAL is a Dutch-born biologist who lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia. One of the world's best-known primatologists, de Waal is C. H. Candler professor of psychology and director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University. He has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences. In 2007, Time selected him as one of the World's 100 Most Influential People.

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