Difficult Empathy and Rhetorical Encounters PDF
by Eric Leake
Part of the Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication series
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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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- Pages:166 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis
- Publication Date:04/08/2023
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- ISBN:9781000923858
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:166 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis
- Publication Date:04/08/2023
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- ISBN:9781000923858
