Myself as Stranger: Empathy and Loss - Lecture 2
Offered By: Mahindra Humanities Center via YouTube
Course Description
Overview
Explore the second lecture in the Tanner Lectures on Human Values series titled "Myself as Stranger: Empathy and Loss." Delve into a thought-provoking discussion led by an esteemed speaker at Harvard University's Paine Hall. Gain insights from the introduction by David N. Hempton, Dean of the Faculty of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School, and hear the response from Regina Schwartz, Professor of English at Northwestern University. Examine the complex relationship between empathy, self-perception, and loss in this nearly two-hour intellectual discourse. Engage with cutting-edge ideas on human values and the paradoxical nature of empathy as presented in this prestigious lecture series.
Syllabus
Tanner Lectures: The Paradoxes of Empathy — Lecture 2
Taught by
Mahindra Humanities Center
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