Arts & International Affairs: Volume 2, Number 2 | Page 98

Theme �:
Empathy
Empathy describes the ability to relate to another individual’s point of view and
understand his or her emotional response. Artists often express the human condition
in terms that the audience will recognize. Empathy allows the artist to execute this
task. How do the arts humanize or dehumanize? In general, how do we empathize
and represent the individual and human condition?
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