Is Empathy the Answer to the Anthropocene? Cover Image

Czy empatia jest odpowiedzią na antropocen? Kilka refleksji z perspektywy psychologii lektury i dydaktyki polonistycznej
Is Empathy the Answer to the Anthropocene?

Author(s): Jan Zdunik
Subject(s): Polish Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: Teaching of Polish Literature; anthropocene; empathy;

Summary/Abstract: This article proposes the concept of climate empathy as a tool in Polish studies and a response to the climate crisis of the Anthropocene epoch. The first part discusses the most important teaching proposals so far in the field of ecological humanities. The second section covers the most important psychological research on the relationship between empathy and reading fictional texts. The project of climate empathy includes three important directions: a turn to emotions and action, a turn to “here and now,” and a turn to fictional works of fantasy and science‑fiction.

  • Issue Year: 11/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 47-61
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish