"The Psychopath Factory: How Capitalism Organizes Empathy examines how the requirements, stimuli, effects and environments of work condition our empathy. In some cases, work calls for no empathy--characters who don't blink or flinch in the face of danger nor crack under pressure. In other cases, capitalism requires empathy in spades--charming, friendly, sensitive and listening managers, customer service agents and carers. When workers are required to either ignore their empathy to do a job, or dial it up to increase ...
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"The Psychopath Factory: How Capitalism Organizes Empathy examines how the requirements, stimuli, effects and environments of work condition our empathy. In some cases, work calls for no empathy--characters who don't blink or flinch in the face of danger nor crack under pressure. In other cases, capitalism requires empathy in spades--charming, friendly, sensitive and listening managers, customer service agents and carers. When workers are required to either ignore their empathy to do a job, or dial it up to increase productivity, they are entering a psychopathic modality ... Capitalism pressures us to feign empathy and leverage social relationships on one hand, whilst being cold and pragmatic on the other. We are passionate and enthusiastic whilst keeping a professional distance. Sympathy, care, compassion and altruism are important. The Psychopath Factory ... argues that it is a mistake to presuppose that empathy can achieve these. Rather than being subject to the late capitalist organization of our empathy, psychopathy could be a means of escape"--Back cover.
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New. Psychopaths seem to be everywhere. They are on the news and at the movies. People who lack empathy, be they ruthless entrepreneurs or crazed spree killers are frequently labeled psychopathic; the charming socialiser is just as suspect as the awkward anti-social loner. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 150. 2016. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
