the Hermeneutics of Empathy in Western Literature, Theology and Art Morrison, Karl F. creator text Electronic books. nju Princeton Princeton University Press 2014 monographic eng

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1 online resource (394 pages). Important trends in contemporary intellectual life celebrate difference, divisiveness, and distinction. Speculative writing increasingly highlights ""hermeneutic gaps"" between human beings, their histories, and their hopes. In this book Karl Morrison identifies an alternative to this disruption. He explores for the first time the entire legacy of thought revolving around the challenging claim ""I am you""--Perhaps the most concise possible statement of bonding through empathy. Professor Morrison shows that the hope for thoroughgoing understanding and inclusion in another's world view is ce. Cover; Contents; Introduction; Part I The Content of the Saying; 1. The Positive Content; Part II Patterns of Understanding; Part III Understanding Understanding: The Silence of Words; Part IV Understanding Understanding: The Invisibility of Art; Conclusion. Empathy in literature Empathy in art Empathy Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines HISTORY / World LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory PN56.E62 801 Morrison, Karl F. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2014 9781400859436 1400859433 22573/ctt7377xj JSTOR http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1700627 http://www.myilibrary.com?id=629923 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7zvm0c http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400859436 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=791658 http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1700627 http://www.myilibrary.com?id=629923 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7zvm0c http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400859436 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=791658 EBLCP 140719 20200709060140.0 ocn884012845 eng