Empathy and the Aesthetic Mind
eBook - PDF

Empathy and the Aesthetic Mind

Perspectives on Fiction and Beyond

  1. 281 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Empathy and the Aesthetic Mind

Perspectives on Fiction and Beyond

About this book

Empathy is widely acknowledged as a central, if not necessary, mechanism for understanding works of art, and even as the mode of engagement that mediates art's edifying effects. Bringing together 15 essays by established scholars, this volume probes the character and role of empathy in our engagement with different forms of art, but also the value of such engagement f or cognition, our emotive life, and our moral stance.
Opening with a historical reconstruction of the origins of the concept of empathy, the volume develops in four parts that explore in turn our empathic engagement with fictional characters, the cognitive value of such engagement, its relevance for moral agency, as well as the thorny issue of empathic engagement with the inanimate in art, focusing on music and architecture. With an interest in both aesthetics and philosophy of mind, the volume provides an in-depth discussion of these themes, giving careful attention to historical, systematic, and interdisciplinary perspectives.

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Yes, you can access Empathy and the Aesthetic Mind by Katerina Bantinaki,Efi Kyprianidou,Fotini Vassiliou in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Philosophy & Film & Video. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781350409538
Edition
0
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Film & Video

Table of contents

  1. Half Title
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Illustrations
  7. Notes on editors
  8. Notes on contributors
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Introduction
  11. Chapter 1: What is aesthetic empathy and how does it work?: A historic-systematic approach
  12. Part I: Faces of empathy with fictional others
  13. Part II: Empathy and aesthetic cognitivism
  14. Part III: Empathy and the moral stance
  15. Notes
  16. Index