The power of compassion : an exploration of the psychology of compassion in the 21st century / edited by Marion Kostanski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Australian Psychological Society. Victorian Branch. State Conference (2005 : Melbourne, Vic.)

Contributor:

Kostanski, Marion.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sympathy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

We entered the 21st Century full of anxiety, with the promised threat of a millennium bug that could potentially cripple our lives. Since then we have witnessed an increasing level of angst and despair across the world as warnings of climate change, and economic hardships have been forecast. Wars have raged, a new evil has entered our consciousness, and the word "terrorism" has come to the forefront of our lexicon. Millions of innocent people have lost their lives. Today we are witnessing t...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; PART II; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; PART III; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

Papers from the Australian Psychological Society Victorian Branch State Conference, held in Melbourne, Australia in May 2005.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-19144-6

9786612191442

1-4438-0771-0

OCLC:

816312234