Download or read book Empathy in the Context of Philosophy written by L. Agosta and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-04-29 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.