Monday, September 23, 2013

History and Social Construction of Sympathy in America

'Learning Sympathy' by Claude S. Fischer

The article doesn't deny the emotion of sympathy but rather discusses the context in which it has been cultivated and construed in U.S. history.

Further reading can be found in Jesse Prinz's 'The Emotional Construction of Morals'
review here 


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