id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-8418 Compassion - Wikipedia .html text/html 7856 903 60 A possible source of this process of identifying with others comes from a universal category called "Spirit." Toward the late 1970s, very different cultures and nations around the world took a turn to religious fundamentalism, which has occasionally been attributed to "Spirit".[21] The role of compassion as a factor contributing to individual or societal behavior has been the topic of continuous debate.[22] In contrast to the process of identifying with other people, a complete absence of compassion may require ignoring or disapproving identification with other people or groups.[17] Earlier studies established the links between interpersonal violence and cruelty which leads to indifference.[23][24] This concept has been illustrated throughout history: The Holocaust, Genocide, European colonization of the Americas, etc. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8418.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8418.txt