Humanity on a tightrope
Subtitle: thoughts on empathy, family, and big changes for a viable future
By: Paul R. Ehrlich and Robert E. Ornstein
Contributors: Ornstein, Robert E. (Robert Evan), 1942-
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield; Distributed by National Book Network
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781442206489
Subjects: Globalization; Empathy; Social problems; Social aspects; Cultural relations; Social change
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: On a tightrope; title: Empathy, and "us" family members versus "them"; title: The seeds of family values and how they sprouted; title: The evolution of "them"; title: The neuropsychology of getting to "us": the more alike we are, the more we like; title: It's all us now: closing the culture gap and building a global family; title: The beginnings of a new stage in history; title: Getting to "alike" one another; title: Revitalizing religious empathy and staying on the tightrope.