Empathy and History: Historical Understanding in Re-enactment, Hermeneutics and Education

Empathy and History provides a comprehensive and dual account of the intellectual and educational history of empathy, tracing its role in the foundation of the history discipline and its development in twentieth-century hermeneutics and philosophy of history.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 10 June 2022
Publisher: Berghahn Books

Empathy and History presents a comprehensive and multifaceted exploration of the intellectual and educational trajectory of empathy. The book commences with an influential educational movement that introduced the concept within R.G. Collingwood's re-enactment doctrine, tracing its roots back to unveil the fundamental significance of empathy in the establishment of the history discipline. Subsequently, it delves into the reception and development of empathy in twentieth-century hermeneutics and philosophy of history. With a keen focus on practical concerns, the book elucidates the unique nature of the historical context that empathetic understanding aims to capture, while also proposing a novel approach to empathy as a distinct form of historical inquiry.

Empathy and History offers a comprehensive and dual account of empathys intellectual and educational history. Beginning in an influential educational movement that implanted the concept in R.G. Collingwoods re-enactment doctrine, the book goes back to reveal the fundamental role that empathy played in the foundation of the history discipline before tracing its reception and development in twentieth-century hermeneutics and philosophy of history. Attentive to matters of practice, it illuminates the distinct character of the historical context that empathetic understanding seeks to capture and sets out a new approach to empathy as a special variety of historical questioning.

Empathy and History presents a comprehensive and multifaceted exploration of the intellectual and educational trajectory of empathy. The book commences with an influential educational movement that introduced the concept within R.G. Collingwood's re-enactment doctrine, tracing its roots back to unveil the fundamental significance of empathy in the establishment of the history discipline. Subsequently, it delves into the reception and development of empathy in twentieth-century hermeneutics and philosophy of history. With a keen focus on practical concerns, the book elucidates the unique nature of the historical context that empathetic understanding aims to capture, while also proposing a novel approach to empathy as a distinct form of historical inquiry.

Empathy and History offers a comprehensive and dual account of empathys intellectual and educational history. Beginning in an influential educational movement that implanted the concept in R.G. Collingwoods re-enactment doctrine, the book goes back to reveal the fundamental role that empathy played in the foundation of the history discipline before tracing its reception and development in twentieth-century hermeneutics and philosophy of history. Attentive to matters of practice, it illuminates the distinct character of the historical context that empathetic understanding seeks to capture and sets out a new approach to empathy as a distinct form of historical questioning.

Empathy and History presents a comprehensive and multifaceted exploration of the intellectual and educational trajectory of empathy. The book commences with an influential educational movement that introduced the concept within R.G. Collingwood's re-enactment doctrine, tracing its roots back to unveil the fundamental significance of empathy in the establishment of the history discipline. Subsequently, it delves into the reception and development of empathy in twentieth-century hermeneutics and philosophy of history. With a keen focus on practical concerns, the book elucidates the unique nature of the historical context that empathetic understanding aims to capture, while also proposing a novel approach to empathy as a distinct form of historical inquiry.

ISBN-13: 9781800734388