
Difficult Empathy and Rhetorical Encounters
Eric Leake(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 18. December 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
156 pages
978-1-032-32485-2 (ISBN)
Description
Difficult Empathy takes up the question of empathy as fundamentally a rhetorical concern, focusing on the ways we encounter and understand one another in what we read and write, hear and say. The book centres around the argument that empathy as a rhetorical event occurs not simply in the minds of individuals but as a product of the rhetorical situations, practices, cultures, and values in which we engage. Rather than identifying empathy as a cure-all, or jettisoning the concept altogether, the author acknowledges empathy's potential as well as its limitations by focusing on what makes empathy a hard and ultimately worthwhile practice. This nuanced and original study will interest scholars working at the intersection of rhetoric and composition with empathy, as well as those studying empathy in fields such as critical and cultural theory, politics, media analysis, social psychology, and the cognitive humanities.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate and Undergraduate
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
266 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-32485-2 (9781032324852)
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Person
Eric Leake is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Texas State University, where he is Director of the Master's Program in Rhetoric and Composition.
Content
1. Introduction: Why Now Empathy? 2. Easy Empathy 3. Difficult Empathy 4. The Social Conditions of Empathy 5. Empathy with the Enemy 6. Critical Empathy 7. Conclusion