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Difficult Empathy and Rhetorical Encounters (Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication) - Softcover

Book 44 of 48: Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication

Leake, Eric

 
9781032324852: Difficult Empathy and Rhetorical Encounters (Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1032324856 ISBN 13: 9781032324852
Publisher: Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

Difficult Empathy takes up the question of empathy as fundamentally a rhetorical concern, focusing on the ways we encounter and understand one another in what we read and write, hear and say. The book centres around the argument that empathy as a rhetorical event occurs not simply in the minds of individuals but as a product of the rhetorical situations, practices, cultures, and values in which we engage. Rather than identifying empathy as a cure-all, or jettisoning the concept altogether, the author acknowledges empathy’s potential as well as its limitations by focusing on what makes empathy a hard and ultimately worthwhile practice. This nuanced and original study will interest scholars working at the intersection of rhetoric and composition with empathy, as well as those studying empathy in fields such as critical and cultural theory, politics, media analysis, social psychology, and the cognitive humanities.

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About the Author

Eric Leake is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Texas State University, where he is Director of the Master’s Program in Rhetoric and Composition.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1032324856
ISBN 13 
9781032324852
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
166