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@article{ART002772249},
author={Mijeong Kim},
title={Empathy Education and the Care of the Self in the Era of Hate},
journal={Cross-Cultural Studies},
issn={1598-0685},
year={2021},
volume={64},
pages={1-26},
doi={10.21049/ccs.2021.64..1}

TY - JOUR
AU - Mijeong Kim
TI - Empathy Education and the Care of the Self in the Era of Hate
JO - Cross-Cultural Studies
PY - 2021
VL - 64
IS - null
PB - Center for Cross Culture Studies
SP - 1
EP - 26
SN - 1598-0685
AB - This paper examined how “the care of the self,” which French philosopher Michel Foucault pursued in his later years, can be related to the literary education by which we teach listening, empathy, and communication to overcome the hateful sentiments prevalent in our society and restore human rights sensitivity. In particular, this paper examined why empathy is difficult, why it is problematic in representing the pain of others, and nevertheless, why empathy education is necessary, and why it leads to “the care of the self” in the so-called era of hate. In short, the question “how to treat the other” leads to the question of “how to treat humans,” and “what is humanity?” reflecting on “why do humans have to be human in order to be like a human?” Why this corresponds to the (ethical) care of the self (epimeleia heautou: take care of your soul) and “self-practice” in Foucaultian terms, is self-evident, as those Greek and Roman thinkers sought practical understanding of the subject by asking “what and how am I doing?” and “what should I build myself into?” rather than dwelling on the epistemological question of “who am I?” In the context of Foucaultian, the care of the self, which is the ultimate goal of empathy education, is to form the groundwork for ethically re-establishing relationship(s) with others through self-construction(or self-transformation), in which individual citizens constitute themselves as ethical subjects.
KW - Human Rights Sensitivity;the Care of the Self;the Pain of the Other;Empathy Education;Liberal Education of Humanities
DO - 10.21049/ccs.2021.64..1
ER -

Mijeong Kim. (2021). Empathy Education and the Care of the Self in the Era of Hate. Cross-Cultural Studies, 64, 1-26.

Mijeong Kim. 2021, "Empathy Education and the Care of the Self in the Era of Hate", Cross-Cultural Studies, vol.64, pp.1-26. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2021.64..1

Mijeong Kim "Empathy Education and the Care of the Self in the Era of Hate" Cross-Cultural Studies 64 pp.1-26 (2021) : 1.

Mijeong Kim. Empathy Education and the Care of the Self in the Era of Hate. 2021; 64 1-26. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2021.64..1

Mijeong Kim. "Empathy Education and the Care of the Self in the Era of Hate" Cross-Cultural Studies 64(2021) : 1-26.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2021.64..1

Mijeong Kim. Empathy Education and the Care of the Self in the Era of Hate. Cross-Cultural Studies, 64, 1-26. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2021.64..1

Mijeong Kim. Empathy Education and the Care of the Self in the Era of Hate. Cross-Cultural Studies. 2021; 64 1-26. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2021.64..1

Mijeong Kim. Empathy Education and the Care of the Self in the Era of Hate. 2021; 64 1-26. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2021.64..1

Mijeong Kim. "Empathy Education and the Care of the Self in the Era of Hate" Cross-Cultural Studies 64(2021) : 1-26.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2021.64..1