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Monday, December 06, 2010

Sociology, Empathy, War, and Peace

Peace is Every Step
What is Sociology?  Different people have very different takes on the subject, of course.  Here is the way Sam Richards, a Sociologist and Co-Director of Race Relationship Project at Penn State University, explained it recently to an audience.  He demonstrated what he calls "A Radical Experiment in Empathy".  Very interesting!   In a book that just came out entitled Unmaking War, Making Men, which I hope to read soon, Kathleen Barry,  Professor Emerita of Sociology at Penn State University seem to be exploring the subjects of War and Empathy further.  If you have read the book, and feel like it, tell us what you have learned from it and how it made you feel.