“EMPATHY HAS BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS, BUT CULTURE DETERMINES WHO WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF THAT IDENTIFICATION”

Can literature promote identification with the suffering of others and an empathetic connection between readers and fictional characters? Can this sentiment of sympathy translate into social solidarity and have political consequences? In this interview, professor and historian Lynn Hunt discusses t...

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Autors principals: Lynn Hunt, Cilza Bignotto, Carlos cortez Minchillo
Format: Article
Idioma:English
Publicat: Associação Brasileira de Literatura Comparada 2024-06-01
Col·lecció:Revista Brasileira de Literatura Comparada
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Accés en línia:http://rblc.com.br/index.php/rblc/article/view/617