I Am You : The Hermeneutics of Empathy in Western Literature, Theology and Art

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Important trends in contemporary intellectual life celebrate difference, divisiveness, and distinction. Speculative writing increasingly highlights ""hermeneutic gaps"" between human beings, their histories, and their hopes. In this book Karl Morrison identifies an alternative to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Morrison, Karl F. (Karl Frederick), 1936-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Empathy in literature.
Empathy in art.
Nurturing behavior in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
HISTORY > World.
Empathie > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire des doctrines.
Empathie dans l'art.
Empathie dans la litterature.
Empathy > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Important trends in contemporary intellectual life celebrate difference, divisiveness, and distinction. Speculative writing increasingly highlights ""hermeneutic gaps"" between human beings, their histories, and their hopes. In this book Karl Morrison identifies an alternative to this disruption. He explores for the first time the entire legacy of thought revolving around the challenging claim ""I am you""--Perhaps the most concise possible statement of bonding through empathy. Professor Morrison shows that the hope for thoroughgoing understanding and inclusion in another's world view is ce
Descripción Física:1 online resource (400 pages).
ISBN:9781400859436

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