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Politics of Empathy - Ethics, Solidarity, Recognition (Paperback)
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Politics of Empathy - Ethics, Solidarity, Recognition (Paperback)
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The Politics of Empathy argues that empathy is a necessary
condition for ethical subjectivity and the emergence of a more
compassionate world. One of the reasons empathy is important is
because it gives us a sense of what it is like to be someone else.
However, to understand its ethical significance we need to look
elsewhere. This book claims that empathy is ethically significant
because, uniquely, it allows us to reflect critically on the nature
of our own lives and sense of identity. More specifically, it
allows us to reflect critically on the contingency, finitude and
violence that define existence. It is argued that, without this
critical reflection, a more ethical and democratic world cannot
come into being. Our challenge today therefore is to establish the
social and political conditions in which empathy can flourish. This
will be a difficult task because powerful political and cultural
forces are reinforcing the divisions between us rather than
encouraging us to come together in a cosmopolitan community of
mutual recognition and solidarity. However, despite these limits,
there is hope for a brighter future. The book argues that this can
only come about if the Left accepts its responsibility to
articulate the contours of a new politics of internationalism and
establish the foundations of a sustainable ethical community in
which strangers will be accepted unconditionally. This work will be
of interest to students and scholars of political theory,
multiculturalism and international relations.
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