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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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“Dr. de Waal has gathered ample evidence that our ability to identify with another’s distress—a catalyst for compassion and charity—has deep roots in the origin of our species. It is a view independently reinforced by recent biomedical studies showing that our brains are built to feel another’s pain.” —Wall Street Journal

“Freshly topical….a corrective to the idea that all animals—human and otherwise—are selfish and unfeeling to the core.” —Economist

“A psychology professor with proof positive that, like other creatures who hang out in herds, we’ve evolved to be empathetic…The Age of Empathy offers advice to cutthroat so-called realists: Listen to your inner ape.” —O, The Oprah Magazine

“Given the nature of business survival in a competitive world, de Waal’s clarion call that greed is out and empathy is in may be a call we should all hear.” —Psychology Today

“De Waal is an excellent tour guide, refreshingly literate outside his field, deft at stitching bits of philosophy and anthropology into the narrative.” —Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Alan Sklar delivers an in-depth narration of fascinating stories about the ability of mammals to show sincere empathy. —AudioFile

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Author Bio: Frans de Waal

Frans de Waal (1948―2024) was a world-renowned primatologist who earned many awards and honoros and was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in 2007. He wrote several bestselling books, including Peacemaking among Primates, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and Different: Gender through the Eyes of Primates, which was longlisted for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Award for Science Writing. He was C. H. Candler Professor Emeritus of Primate Behavior at Emory University and the former director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. He was a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Format:	Retail CD	Format:	MP3 CD
Available Formats :	Retail CD, MP3 CD
Category:	Nonfiction/Science
Publisher:	Tantor Audio	Publisher:	Tantor Audio
CDs:	8	CDs:	1
Runtime:	10.03
ISBN:	9798200117857	ISBN:	9798200117864
Audience:	Adult
Language:	English

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

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