Imperfect Solidarities

by Aruna d'Souza

Can empathy deliver political change? Does art that elicits emotional identification with others take us where we need to go? In Imperfect Solidarities, writer and art historian Aruna D'Souza offers observations pulled from current events as well as contemporary art that suggest that a feeling of understanding or closeness based on emotion is an imperfect ground for solidarity. Empathy--and its correlate, love--is a distraction from the hard...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3982389488
• ISBN13: 9783982389486
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Floating Opera Press
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.6" x 6.6"