Herder on Empathy and Sympathy - Einfühlung Und Sympathie Im Denken Herders

An exploration of the meaning and role of the concepts of empathy and sympathy in Herder's thought, showing that the two concepts permeate his entire philosophy.

About the author

Eva Piirimäe, Ph.D. (2007, University of Cambridge), is Associate Professor of Political Theory at the University of Tartu. She has published many articles on Johann Gottfried Herder and the Enlightenment and has co-edited journal special issues on early modern political thought.

Liina Lukas, Ph.D. (2006, University of Tartu), is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Tartu. Her research interests include Estonian-German literary transfer, Estonian and Baltic-German literature with focus on the 18th and 19th century. She has co-edited books about political and ecological thinking in Baltic literary culture.

Johannes Schmidt, Ph.D. (2000, Hamburg University), is Professor of German at Clemson University where he teaches literature, culture, language, and general humanities courses. He has published on 18th-century German literature, Johann Gottfried Herder, and is the co-editor of the Herder Yearbook.

Product details

• Assisted by: Liina Lukas (Editor), Eva Piirimäe (Editor), Johannes Schmidt (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2020
• EAN: 9789004426887
• ISBN: 978-90-04-42688-7
• No. of pages: 348
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 234 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 617 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)