“Empathy has biological foundations, but culture determines who will be the subject of that identification”

  • Hunt L
  • Bignotto C
  • Minchillo C
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Abstract: Can literature promote identification with the suffering of others and an empathetic connection between readers and fictional characters? Can this sentiment of sympathy translate into social solidarity and have political consequences? In this interview, professor and historian Lynn Hunt discusses the interplay between literature and human rights and reflects on our relationship to history, the fragility of democracy, and the self and society duality.Resumo: Pode a literatura promover a identificação com o sofrimento alheio e uma relação empática entre leitores e personagens ficcionais? Pode esse sentimento de simpatia traduzir-se em solidariedade social e ter consequências políticas? Nesta entrevista, a professora e historiadora Lynn Hunt discute as relações entre literatura e direitos humanos e reflete sobre a nossa relação com a história, a fragilidade da democracia e a dualidade entre self e sociedade.

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Hunt, L., Bignotto, C., & Minchillo, C. C. (2021). “Empathy has biological foundations, but culture determines who will be the subject of that identification.” Revista Brasileira de Literatura Comparada, 23(43), 134–139. https://doi.org/10.1590/2596-304x20212343lhbcccm

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