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The Other Side of Empathy
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In The Other Side of Empathy, Jade E. Davis contests the value of empathy as an affective or critical tool. Whether focusing on technology, colonialism, or racism, she shows how empathy can obscure relationships of dominance, control, submission, and victimization, arguing that these histories taint the whole concept of empathy. Drawing on digital archives of photographs, memoirs, newspapers, interviews, and advertisements regarding nineteenth-century ethnographic museums and human zoos, Davis shows how empathetic responses erase culpabilities from those institutions that commodify difference. She also contends that empathy’s mediation through digital technology cannot lead to more ethical actions, as technology only connects representations of people rather than the people themselves. In empathy’s place, Davis proposes mutual recognition as a way to see and experience others beyond colonial modes of empathy. Davis illustrates that moving beyond empathy allows for a more nuanced understanding of the colonial past and its ongoing impact while providing for a more meaningful affective engagement with the world. Jade E. Davis contests the value of empathy as an affective or critical tool, proposing mutual recognition as a way to create a more meaningful affective engagement with the world. Jade E. Davis is Director of Educational Technology and Learning Management at University of Pennsylvania Library. Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
By way of an introduction 1
1. The other side of human zoos? 15
2. We have names 35
3. New media and emerging technology will kill us all, though 65
Some end thoughts 93
Notes 99
Bibliography 109
Me, myself, and you: A biography 117
Index
“In The Other Side of Empathy, Jade E. Davis urges us to set our feelings aside and look unflinchingly at all the ways that the empathetic gaze neutralizes, sanitizes, and weaponizes sentiment. Like no other, this book unsettles the liberal and feelgood call for ‘more empathy’ as a poor placeholder for mutual recognition and social liberation.”
“In this deeply original and thoughtful book, Jade E. Davis takes affect theory into new territory. Her writing makes the reader uncomfortable and curious at the same time, which is rare and wonderful. Dispelling many myths about empathy while executing an innovative stylistic and theoretical model, Davis has written a radical book that will spark conversation, debate, and new directions for research.”
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| Weight | 1 oz |
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| Dimensions | 1 × 6 × 9 in |