Your Brain on Altruism (eBook)

The Power of Connection and Community during Times of Crisis

Nicole Karlis (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
238 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-39761-3 (ISBN)

Infos

In an era when "self-care" often revolves around consumption and profit, a health and science journalist emphasizes the genuine health advantages of a culture of caring.

Helping others can enhance our physical and mental well-being, boost resilience, and nurture a sense of fulfillment and connection beyond crises. In Your Brain on Altruism, health and science journalist Nicole Karlis delves into the science behind generosity and the benefits of fostering a culture of care for our health. She explores cutting-edge research on the sociology and psychology of altruism, revealing how acts of kindness during crises—such as COVID-19, natural disasters, and wars—inspire people to set aside differences and help one another.
 
Through interviews with innovators creating infrastructures for social connection—from a former entrepreneur leading a social prescribing movement, to doctors prescribing volunteer work and acts of kindness—Karlis shows how we all can contribute to cultivating kindness. A powerful call for a culture of caring, this book urges us to see taking care of one another as a social strength. By embracing this mindset and viewing ourselves as stewards of kindness, we can combat the epidemic of loneliness and build a more compassionate and resilient society.

Inhalt

Contents

Acknowledgments 
Prologue 

I · Caring in Crisis
1 The Disaster Effect 
2 Bounded Solidarity 
3 The Loneliness Crisis 
4 The Coregulation Fix 

II · The Alchemy of Altruism
5 The Kindness Intervention 
6 Better Together 
7 The Mālama Mindset 
8 Volunteering for All 
9 Why Mattering Matters 

III · Sustaining Systemic Caring
10 The Power of Empathy 
11 Nature’s Fire Extinguisher 
12 When You Can’t Give, Witness 
Epilogue 

Notes 
Bibliography 
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.3.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Collective Action • collective resilience in disasters • community solidarity in recessions • Covid-19 • Emergencies • fostering belonging in difficult times • helping others during pandemics • Inequality • natural disasters • overcoming loneliness • psychological benefits of helping others • Resilience • social connectedness in times of crisis • Social Isolation • Social Movements • sociological study of crisis response • solidarity in adversity • the role of empathy • war
• ISBN-10: 0-520-39761-4 / 0520397614
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-39761-3 / 9780520397613