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The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society (2009)

de Frans de Waal

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Is it really human nature to stab one another in the back in our climb up the corporate ladder? Competitive, selfish behavior is often explained away as instinctive, thanks to evolution and "survival of the fittest," but, in fact, humans are equally hard-wired for empathy.

Using research from the fields of anthropology, psychology, animal behavior, and neuroscience, Frans de Waal brilliantly argues that humans are group animals---highly cooperative, sensitive to injustice, and mostly peace-loving---just like other primates, elephants, and dolphins. This revelation has profound implications for everything from politics to office culture.

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A fun intriguing book taking you into the world of primate research performed in a relatively natural setting. Primates are shown to demonstrate components of behaviour that are highly evocative of our human counterpart. The problem with identification, projecting intent in actions that may or may not subjectively be the same as ours takes an ominous central place in the subtext. However the argument is necessarily circular, you need to empathise and therefore identify yourself with the subject to be able to interpret it as such. ( )
  yates9 | Feb 28, 2024 |
Important if the reader is new to the ideas - but in my case de Waal was 'preaching to the choir.' ?áSo I only read about 1/3 (beginning and end).

Yes, it's political. ?áBut the author's views are based on good science. ?áAdam Smith, Mencius, even Darwin, knew that 'survival of the fittest' doesn't mean we all ought to become Machiavellian. ?áGordon Gekko is wrong. ?á1. Apes and other animals show us that empathy, cooperation, and even altruism is wired into us, and 2. even though competition is, also, we can use our intelligence to avoid becoming so competitive we are ruthless. 3. Compassion & cooperation are Christian virtues, and it's terribly hypocritical for righteous Republicans to cut funding for social programs. ?áIt is ?áIn the (not very) long run, win-win for everyone to play on the same team (my paraphrase, not de Waal's).

[Adam] Smith saw society as a huge machine, the wheels of which are polished by virtue, whereas vice causes them to grate." ?áIn other words, ppl who revere him as the founder of cut-throat capitalism have not read their economic 'bible' carefully. ?á

FYI, De Waal isn't a communist, and knows well the pitfalls of Europe's caretaker governments. ?áHe criticizes the attitudes of the citizens who have, in many countries there, developed an attitude of entitlement. ?áIow, he presents a more balanced view than many, and does so credibly as he has spent decades living on both continents. ?áAlso FYI, I'm making it sound even more political than it is - there's a lot of interesting stuff about animals, and about ppl as simply a more cognitively complex (again my paraphrase) animal."
  Cheryl_in_CC_NV | Jun 6, 2016 |
de Waal's primary talent is as a popularizer of the subtle findings of primatology, of which he is a major figure. So unlike similar summaries from science writers who may not fully command the literature, here we have the benefit of an insider's deep knowledge, phrased in a casual tone unflinching in its directness. His books are always enjoyable, but for various reasons I would recommend picking up his latest, and only reading the earlier titles if there is a specific need.

In this book, for me the most startling new discovery: "about seventy thousand years ago, our lineage was at the edge of extinction, living in scattered small bands with a global population of just a couple of thousand." I had no idea the human race came so close to extinction.
  dono421846 | Jan 21, 2015 |
A very, very, very shortcut by De Waal himself. All the experiments in the video are given in the book (and so many more...).
http://www.npr.org/2014/08/15/338936897/do-animals-have-morals ( )
  marieke54 | Sep 6, 2014 |
Empathie - het vermogen om de emoties van anderen te kunnen meevoelen en de situatie van anderen te begrijpen - is een zeer oude verworvenheid die zich volgens Frans de Waal in ons lichaam én in onze geest heeft genesteld, en waardoor we als soort hebben kunnen overleven. Sociaal, onbaatzuchtig gedrag, dat ook bij andere dieren dan de mens voorkomt, is volgens hem minstens net zo belangrijk als het 'recht van de sterkste'.
Na deze constatering gaat De Waal nog een stap verder en plaatst zijn onderzoek in een maatschappelijk kader. Als empathie zo belangrijk is voor de menselijke soort, moet de politiek daar dan niet meer op inspelen? De Waal schetst hoe onze soort omgaat met armoede en stelt dat ook het bedrijfsleven sociale verantwoordelijkheid zou moeten nemen, zodat we een samenleving bouwen met een hogere graad van solidariteit.
Frans de Waal gidst ons door de nieuwste inzichten op het gebied van psychologie, neurowetenschappen en gedragsbiologie in zijn kenmerkende, zeer toegankelijke stijl, ondersteund door eigen observaties van mensen en primaten. Een tijd voor empathie won de Liberales-boek 2010-prijs.
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De auteur doet de uitspraak: 'Hebzucht is uit, empathie is in'. Hij betoogt dat met de verkiezing van president Obama (2008) en de financiële crisis een nieuw tijdperk gestart is, dat van de empathie. Weliswaar is onze samenleving gebaseerd op egoïstische beginselen, maar er is ook een bindmiddel – empathie – dat gemeenschappen bijeenhoudt. Hij maakt duidelijk dat empathie in ons lichaam en in onze geest is verankerd en dat we door deze empathie hebben kunnen overleven, net als dieren. Naast 'het recht van de sterkste' is er volgens hem bij de mens ook sociaal, onbaatzuchtig gedrag. Zijn conclusie is dat de politiek zou moeten inspelen op deze behoefte aan binding en dat ook het bedrijfsleven zou moeten streven naar een samenleving met een hogere graad van solidariteit. Hij baseert zich op inzichten uit de psychologie, neurowetenschappen en gedragsbiologie. Het boek bevat veel mooie voorbeelden van empathie in het gedrag van dieren onder elkaar. De auteur is hoogleraar psychologie aan de Emory University in Atlanta en directeur van een onderzoekscentrum voor primaten (apen). Met eindnoten, lijst van geraadpleegde literatuur en een register.
  aitastaes | Jan 6, 2014 |
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Is it really human nature to stab one another in the back in our climb up the corporate ladder? Competitive, selfish behavior is often explained away as instinctive, thanks to evolution and "survival of the fittest," but, in fact, humans are equally hard-wired for empathy.

Using research from the fields of anthropology, psychology, animal behavior, and neuroscience, Frans de Waal brilliantly argues that humans are group animals---highly cooperative, sensitive to injustice, and mostly peace-loving---just like other primates, elephants, and dolphins. This revelation has profound implications for everything from politics to office culture.

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