The Dark Sides of Empathy by Breithaupt, Fritz
The Dark Sides of Empathy by Breithaupt, Fritz

The Dark Sides of Empathy

Many consider empathy to be the basis of moral action. However, the ability to empathize with others...
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Author: Fritz Breithaupt
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Language: English
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The Dark Sides of Empathy by Breithaupt, Fritz

The Dark Sides of Empathy

CHF 28.38
The Dark Sides of Empathy by Breithaupt, Fritz

The Dark Sides of Empathy

CHF 28.38
Author: Fritz Breithaupt
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

Many consider empathy to be the basis of moral action. However, the ability to empathize with others is also a prerequisite for deliberate acts of humiliation and cruelty. In The Dark Sides of Empathy, Fritz Breithaupt contends that people often commit atrocities not out of a failure of empathy but rather as a direct consequence of over-identification and a desire to increase empathy. Even well-meaning compassion can have many unintended consequences, such as intensifying conflicts or exploiting others.

Empathy plays a central part in a variety of highly problematic behaviors. From mere callousness to terrorism, exploitation to sadism, and emotional vampirism to stalking, empathy all too often motivates and promotes malicious acts. After tracing the development of empathy as an idea in German philosophy, Breithaupt looks at a wide-ranging series of case studies--from Stockholm syndrome to Angela Merkel's refugee policy and from novels of the romantic era to helicopter parents and murderous cheerleader moms--to uncover how narcissism, sadism, and dangerous celebrity obsessions alike find their roots in the quality that, arguably, most makes us human.



Author: Fritz Breithaupt
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 06/15/2019
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.65d
ISBN: 9781501721649
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2019

About the Author

Fritz Breithaupt is Provost Professor at Indiana University Bloomington. He founded and directs the Experimental Humanities Laboratory at IU.


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