Evolution of Sympathy in the Long Eighteenth Century

This work represents a concise history of sympathy in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, considering the phenomenon of shared feeling from five related angles: charity, the market, global exploration, theatre, and torture.

List of contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Passion and Power; Chapter 2 Four Kinds of Sympathy; Chapter 3 Sympathy and Persons; Chapter 4 Horrid Sympathy; Chapter 5 Sympathy for the Dead; conclusion Conclusion;

About the author

Jonathan Lamb

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Lamb, Lamb Jonathan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9781138665194
• ISBN: 978-1-138-66519-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: The Enlightenment World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; History, PHILOSOPHY / Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / General, social and political philosophy, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Society and culture: general