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Olson: Commencement 2012
Znet Article, May, 13 2012
Gary Olson
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My dangerous idea for the class of 2012 is that Green Capitalism is a howlingly, preposterous, oxymoron
Olson: Masculinity, Militarism and Empathy
Znet Article, June, 15 2011
Gary Olson
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Kathleen Barry’s Unmaking War, Remaking Men
Olson: Cuban Internationalism As Engaged Empathy
Znet Article, December, 29 2010
Gary Olson
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Cuban internationalism is the most compelling large-scale example we have of empathic solidarity.
Olson: Empathy & Neuropolitics
Znet Article, June, 26 2010
Gary Olson
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Mirror neurons, the brain cells believed to be the basis for empathy, have recently been identified in the human brain. And yet we’re left to explain the disjuncture between this deep-seated, pre-reflective, moral intuition and the paucity of act...
Olson: Jeremy Rifkin’s The Empathic Civilization and P.W. Singer’s Wired for War
Znet Article, February, 09 2010
Gary Olson
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Two recent books on the future, both seeking to interpret selected aspects of a rapidly moving, technologically complex world, are each deeply flawed but well worth examining for what's missing.
Olson: Frans de Waal’s Age of Empathy: A Review and Critique
Znet Article, October, 12 2009
Gary Olson
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Reviewing Frans de Waal’s The Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons For A Kinder Society
Olson: Empathy Marketing 101
Znet Article, June, 01 2009
Gary Olson
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Not infrequently the most convincing testimony to the veracity and potential power of new scientific discoveries is when they're embraced -- for profit-driven motives -- by corporate America. Today the incandecent mantra in business and advertis...
Olson: The Emotional Power of Photography
Znet Article, April, 03 2008
Gary Olson
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In his recent book, The Slave Ship, maritime historian Marcus Rediker documents the role played by emotional and especially visual appeals in ending the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Olson: Commencement 2006
Znet Article, May, 15 2006
Gary Olson
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(Note: Each year, Moravian College's senior class selects a faculty member to give the Commencement address. The following remarks were offered on May 13, 2006). President Rokke, Pam Rokke, honored guests, faculty colleagues, friends, parents, ...
