Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential--and Endangered

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UPC:
9780061656781
Binding:
Hardcover
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Publication Date:
4/6/2010
Release Date:
4/6/2010
Author:
Bruce Perry;Maia Szalavitz
Language:
english
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Bruce Perry is both a world-class creative scientist and a compassionate therapist.

Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia

Born for Love is the definitive book on empathy. Renowned psychiatrist Bruce Perry has appeared on Oprah, CNN, National Public Radios All Things Considered, and other programs as an expert in this hot area of neuroscience, and has been cited as such in Newsweek, the New York Times, and The New Yorker (in a story written by Malcolm Gladwell). He and co-writer Maia Szalavitz explore empathys startling importance in human evolution and its significance for our children and our society. The authors of The Boy Who was Raised as a Dog present a powerful case that love is essentialand endangered.