Is Historical Empathy Impossible?
June 9, 2015
If you ask the graduates of our department how their studies of history changed them, I’m sure the most common response you’d get is this: “I learned empathy.” We use that word all the time, proclaiming in our objectives statement that our students will “develop the imaginative understanding necessary to see the world as others see it.” And … More Is Historical Empathy Impossible?
