Difficult empathy and rhetorical encounters / Eric Leake.
| Author/creator |
Leake, Eric author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024. |
| Copyright Notice | ©2024 |
| Description | 155 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Routledge studies in rhetoric and communication ; 44 Routledge studies in rhetoric and communication ; 44. ^A1054683 |
| Contents | Introduction: Why now empathy? -- Easy empathy -- Difficult empathy -- The social condition of empathy -- Empathy with the enemy -- Critical empathy -- Conclusion: The values and possibilities of difficult empathy. |
| Abstract | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Leake, Eric. Difficult empathy and rhetorical encounters 1. New York : Routledge, 2024 9781003315285 |
| LCCN | 2023008081 |
| ISBN | 9781032321714 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1032321717 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781032324852 paperback |
| ISBN | 1032324856 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | BF575.E55 L423 2024 | Item being cataloged | Want This? |