{"product_id":"against-empathy-9780099597827","title":"Against Empathy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Bloom is Professor of Psychology at University of Toronto and the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University. His research explores the psychology of morality, identity and pleasure. Bloom is the recipient of multiple awards and honours, including most recently the million-dollar Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize. He has written for scientific journals such as \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e, and for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author or editor of eight books, including \u003ci\u003eJust Babies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow Pleasure Works\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDescartes' Baby\u003c\/i\u003e and most recently \u003ci\u003eAgainst Empathy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWonderfully humane, lucid and entertaining ... a brave and necessary tract for the times * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eA great, provocative book ... that will legitimately change how you think about the world and your own sense of morality * The New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eBloom dismantles the argument that empathy is the basis of all morality … Empathy, it turns out, is sentimental, superficial and racist * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003eThe title may shock, but this is a book of calm reason and expansive compassion. It’s also a pleasure to read: warm, lucid, and thought-provoking -- Steven Pinker, author of The Better Angels of Our Nature\u003cbr\u003eI couldn’t put this brilliantly argued book down. Engaging and witty, learned and stim­ulating, provocative and packed with cutting-edge findings, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Empathy \u003c\/i\u003eis sure to start many important debates * Amy Chua, author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732327641431,"sku":"9780099597827","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099597827.jpg?v=1719996427","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/against-empathy-9780099597827","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}