4096,- EUR*
reserved for a private buyer from Germany until 31.12.2023
not displayed at Hayat Bir Sanat
Willingness To Understand
Empathy is needed more than ever in todays society. For a number of strong and valid reasons, such as fundamentalism which we have seen plenty of within the past years.
To me, there is no sufficiently good answer on why this is. My hypothesis is, that due to the tremendous rise of individualism within the past decades on so many levels, we in fact suffer from exactly that type of living that is based on ego and individualistic decisions.
Surely there are plenty of other reasons as well. Society is complex, and so is a change in society. Yet, empathy is a means to include, bond and appreciate a relationship in life. In personal life, and even more so in professional life.
Hermeneutics
Among other very influential personalities, Hans-Georg Gadamer got me knee-deep into the philosophy and theory of hermeneutics. It helped me a lot to understand how understanding works and the factors that play in.
A predisposition of your mind and soul to this is the ability to switch perspectives, to have a will to understand the perspective and life of others. Many of us probably agree that some people have a better sense and ability to resituate themselves into others point of view, while other people just don't really seem to even connect remotely with others.
Understanding is a skill that can be learned, but needs to be backed up by an innate motive to a willingness to understand. Empathy.
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