{"product_id":"9781032958729-negative-empathy-in-literature-and-the","title":"Negative Empathy in Literature and the Arts","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt introduces the concept of “negative empathy” to examine how readers and viewers engage emotionally and cognitively with ethically troubling artworks. Through a comparative and intermedial approach, it offers a compelling new theory of aesthetic engagement with representations of negativity in art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNegative Empathy in Literature and the Arts\u003c\/i\u003e explores how readers and viewers engage cognitively and affectively with ethically troubling artworks across literature, the visual and performing arts, and screen media. Drawing on aesthetics, cultural history and theory, psychology, and neuroscience, Stefano Ercolino and Massimo Fusillo introduce the concept of “negative empathy” to describe the ambivalent and destabilizing emotional responses elicited by representations of negativity in art. Rather than dismissing empathy as naïve, the authors argue for a more nuanced understanding of its darker forms and their cognitive and ethical value. Through a comparative and intermedial approach, the book analyzes case studies from Littell’s \u003cem\u003eThe Kindly Ones\u003c\/em\u003e to Wilson’s \u003cem\u003eDeafman Glance\u003c\/em\u003e; from Verdi’s \u003cem\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/em\u003e and Nitsch’s \u003cem\u003eTheatre of Orgies and Mysteries\u003c\/em\u003e to Caravaggio’s \u003cem\u003eMartyrdom of Saint Matthew\u003c\/em\u003e, Mapplethorpe’s “\u003cem\u003eX” Portfolio\u003c\/em\u003e, Kiefer’s \u003cem\u003eThe Seven Heavenly Palaces\u003c\/em\u003e, Haneke’s \u003cem\u003eThe White Ribbon\u003c\/em\u003e, and Gilligan’s \u003cem\u003eBreaking Bad\u003c\/em\u003e—offering a compelling new theory of aesthetic engagement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57818316996982,"sku":"9781032958729","price":199.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41253295_867de108-55b3-481a-892c-8f647e06c529.jpg?v=1778748987","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781032958729-negative-empathy-in-literature-and-the","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}