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Empathy in the Context of Philosophy

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Lou Agosta
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Part of the book series: Renewing Philosophy (REP)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    • Lou Agosta
    Pages 1-15

  3. A Heideggerian Interpretation of Empathy

    • Lou Agosta
    Pages 16-29

  4. Delivering Heidegger’s Hermeneutic of Empathy

    • Lou Agosta
    Pages 30-55

  5. Empathy between Death and the Other

    • Lou Agosta
    Pages 56-83

  6. The Roundtrip from Hermeneutics to Intentionality

    • Lou Agosta
    Pages 84-111

  7. Empathy from Periphery to Foundation

    • Lou Agosta
    Pages 112-131

  8. Empathy as Vicarious Introspection in Psychoanalysis

    • Lou Agosta
    Pages 132-157

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 158-184
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About this book

Integrating continental and Anglo-American traditions, the author exposes empathy as the foundation of the being-with-one-another of human beings. The interpretation of empathy is applied to story telling, literature, and self psychology, rescuing empathy from the margins and revealing its role in the understanding of the other and human community.

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'[Agosta] succeeds in convincing the reader that empathy is indeed a topic which is worthy of renewed attention as it migrates from 'the periphery of ethics, aesthetics, and theory of the mind to a key place in establishing and maintaining the integrity and emotional equilibrium of dynamic interrelations with other individuals'.' - The Journal of Consciousness Studies

About the author

Lou Agosta is a psychotherapist in private practice in Chicago (USA). He teaches at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University where he delivers curriculum on the History and Systems of Psychology. He has taught philosophy at Roosevelt University, Loyola University, DePaul University, St. Xavier College, Oakton Community College, USA.

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