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Tag Archives: Empathy
The Tarot and the Atkins Diet, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Structural Anthropology
The Hole in the Centerpiece When I first learned CPR, the sequence was simple. Two long breaths, followed by fifteen chest compressions, rinse, lather, repeat. The instructor emphasized these numbers- we were even encouraged to count aloud, to ensure that … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative medicine, Claude Levi-Strauss, Clinical Practice, Cultural Context, Daniel Moerman, Education, Empathy, Jerome Frank, Medical Anthropology, Placebo/Meaning Effect, Ritual Healing, Role of Religious Counsel, Symbolic Healing, Treatment Priorities
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Sociobiology 2: Jeremy Rifkin on Empathy
This is mildly off-topic, but Ran recommends this amazing cartoonified video of Jeremy Rifkin speaking on the evolution of the empathic drive in humans. I watched it with the sound off. A bit techno-utopian, of course, but still quite good. … Continue reading
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Tagged Empathy, Evolution, Intentional Communities, Jeremy Rifkin, Sociobiology, Walden Two
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