Conversations on Empathy: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Imagination and Radical Othering

Synopsis

In the aftermath of a global pandemic, amidst new and ongoing wars, genocide, inequality, and staggering ecological collapse, some in the public and political arena have argued that we are in desperate need of greater empathy — be this with our neighbours, refugees, war victims, the vulnerable or disappearing animal and plant species. This interdisciplinary volume asks the crucial questions: How does a better understanding of empathy contribute, if at all, to our understanding of others? How is it implicated in the ways we perceive, understand and constitute others as subjects? Conversations on Empathy examines how empathy might be enacted and experienced either as a way to highlight forms of otherness or, instead, to overcome what might otherwise appear to be irreducible differences. It explores the ways in which empathy enables us to understand, imagine and create sameness and otherness in our everyday intersubjective encounters focusing on a varied range of "radical others" – others who are perceived as being dramatically different from oneself. With a focus on the importance of empathy to understand difference, the book contends that the role of empathy is critical, now more than ever, for thinking about local and global challenges of interconnectedness, care and justice.

Copyright:

2023

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

328 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000816433

Related ISBNs:

9781003189978, 9781032039664, 9781032019154

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

01/16/23

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Francesca Mezzenzana and Daniela Peluso

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Francesca Mezzenzana

Edited by:

Daniela Peluso