TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morrison,Karl F.
TI  - I Am You: the Hermeneutics of Empathy in Western Literature, Theology and Art
T2  - Princeton Legacy Library
SN  - 9781400859436
AV  - PN56.E62 
U1  - 801 22
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Empathy in literature
KW  - Empathy in art
KW  - Empathy
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - HISTORY / World
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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