The Perils of Empathy: Holocaust Narratives, Cognitive Studies and the Politics of Sentiment

Autor:	N. Ann Rider
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Cognitive science History Virtue Sociology and Political Science Communication media_common.quotation_subject Empathy Holocaust studies Politics The Holocaust Cognitive empathy Narrative Consciousness Psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Holocaust Studies. 19:43-72
ISSN:	2048-4887 1750-4902
DOI:	10.1080/17504902.2013.11087384
Popis:	Cognitive science research offers new insights into the structures of empathy, and scholars are beginning to apply that research to reader reception of literature. Teachers of Holocaust Studies will find that these insights will challenge pedagogical strategies that assume empathy always leads to the development of social virtue in students. Drawing on research from cognitive studies, this essay suggests that Holocaust narratives that disrupt empathic response are more likely to produce a particular form of empathy, cognitive empathy. This form of empathy in particular can facilitate critical social understanding of the Holocaust that links the past to civic consciousness and activity in the present. Through the examination of three texts, Elie Wiesel’s Night, Imre Kertesz’s Fatelessness and Ruth Kluger’s Still Alive, the author demonstrates how and what kinds of empathy are potentially produced in Holocaust literature and suggests textual typologies to guide instruction.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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