Empathy in the Context of Philosophy

by L. Agosta

Overview

Integrating continental and Anglo-American traditions, the author exposes empathy as the foundation of the being-with-one-another of human beings. The interpretation of empathy is applied to story telling, literature, and self psychology, rescuing empathy from the margins and revealing its role in the understanding of the other and human community.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349317547
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	04/29/2010
Series:	Renewing Philosophy
Edition description:	1st ed. 2010
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Lou Agosta is a psychotherapist in private practice in Chicago (USA). He teaches at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University where he delivers curriculum on the History and Systems of Psychology. He has taught philosophy at Roosevelt University, Loyola University, DePaul University, St. Xavier College, Oakton Community College, USA.

Table of Contents

List of Figures Series Editor's Preface Preface Acknowledgements Introduction A Heideggerian Interpretation of Empathy Delivering Heidegger's Hermeneutic of Empathy Empathy Between Death and the Other The Roundtrip from Hermeneutics to Intentionality Empathy from Periphery to Foundation Empathy as Vicarious Introspection in Psychoanalysis Notes Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

'[Agosta] succeeds in convincing the reader that empathy is indeed a topic which is worthy of renewed attention as it migrates from 'the periphery of ethics, aesthetics, and theory of the mind to a key place in establishing and maintaining the integrity and emotional equilibrium of dynamic interrelations with other individuals'.' - The Journal of Consciousness Studies

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