Empathy Archive
Our culture tends "to regard the mere energy of impulse as being in every mental and moral way equivalent and even superior to defined intention." Instead we should consider "an idea that once was salient in western culture: the idea …
This is a live event – you are invited – on July 14, 2016 – Bastille Day – from 6:00 to 7;30 PM at the Gleacher Center of the Graham School (UChicago) at 450 Cityfront Plaza Drive (Chicago, IL 60611) …
The city of Venice itself is the most significant symbol in Thomas Mann’s story. Even in 1912, when Death in Venice was published, Venice was sinking into the swamp on which in was built, sinking back into the unexpressed in the sense of …
Putting ourselves in the situation of people who lived years ago in a different historical place and time is a challenge. For example, before technological advances in medicine such as penicillin, common infections,wounds, and injuries would often proven to be …
1st Annual Peter Ossorio Lecture - Dr. Wynn SchwartzOctober 19, 2015University of Colorado-BoulderEmpathy, Intentional Action, and The Person Concept: An Exercise in Descriptive Psychology“The instigation of the Person Concept was a very practical one. It was the classic problem of …
Kant famously asserted he was awakened from his “dogmatic slumbers” by studying Hume. This occurred not only in Kant’s theory of knowledge, but also in taste, aesthetics, and the communicability of feelings. Immanuel Kant The “communicability of feelings” (1790/93a: …
The neurochemical reshaping of personality has had many unanticipated consequences. I acknowledge that the debate is not ended by the Chapter in my A Rumor of Empathy on “Plato Not Prozac,” the name of which is hereby acknowledged to be from …
Empathy is like oxygen for the soul (according to a famous statement by Heinz Kohut). So if you are experiencing a shortness of breath, the commitment of these books and the radio show is to expand the flow of oxygen …
Join me and my special guest musician, teacher, and composer Mischa Zupko for a conversation about music, the emotions, empathy, and community on Wednesday June 3rd at noon Chicago time on Mischa Zupko, Composer VoiceAmerica Empowerment Radio. Click here for …
Join me for an engaging, live “on the air conversation” with David Howe, author of Empathy: What it is and why it matters : VoiceAmerica: A Rumor of Empathy Radio Show David Howe begins with the idea that empathy humanizes people …
