"On the Town": la empatía como elemento de calidad democrática en el pensamiento político de Marshall Berman

The purpose of this work is to study the role of empathy in Marshall Berman’s political theory, specifically, in his book On the town. For that purpose, this article begins with an analysis of the necessary role of emotions in democratic political theory. Next, it goes through some of the different...

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Main Authors: Fernández-Llebrez González, Fernando, Simón Rebelles, Lorena
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Empatía
emociones
democracia
identidad
Marshall Berman
espacio público
Empathy
emotions
democracy
identity
public space
Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=8180122
Source:Revista de estudios políticos, ISSN 0048-7694, Nº 194, 2021, pags. 97-126
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"On the Town": la empatía como elemento de calidad democrática en el pensamiento político de Marshall Berman
Summary: The purpose of this work is to study the role of empathy in Marshall Berman’s political theory, specifically, in his book On the town. For that purpose, this article begins with an analysis of the necessary role of emotions in democratic political theory. Next, it goes through some of the different conceptions of empathy, particularly Martha Nussbaum’s view of empathy. Finally, the article examines the relationship between public space, identity and empathy in On the town in order to show its important contribution to think about the challenges of democracy today.

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