Empathy in the Context of Philosophy [Hardcover]

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.List of Figures Series Editor's Preface Preface Acknowledgements Introduction A Heideggerian Interpretation of Empathy Delivering Heidegger's Hermeneutic of Empathy Empathy Between Death and the Other The Roundtrip from Hermeneutics to Intentionality Empathy from Periphery to Foundation Empathy as Vicarious Introspection in Psychoanalysis Notes Bibliography Index

'[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

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.