“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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Associação Brasileira de Literatura Comparada
2024-06-01
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Accés en línia: | http://rblc.com.br/index.php/rblc/article/view/617 |
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