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From "Einfühlung" to empathy: exploring the relationship between aesthetic and interpersonal experience
Joanna Ganczarek1, Thomas Hünefeldt2, Marta Olivetti Belardinelli2,3
1Neurocognitive Psychology Lab, Pedagogical University of Cracow, ul. Podchorazych 2, 30-084, Cracow, Poland. joanna.ganczarek@up.krakow.pl.
Abstract:
Is there a relationship between aesthetic and interpersonal experience? This question is motivated not only by the fact that historically experiences of both kinds have often been accounted for in terms of "empathy", the English translation of the German term "Einfühlung", but also by the fact that some contemporary theories refer to mechanisms underlying both aesthetic and interpersonal experience. In this Editorial introducing the special section titled "From 'Einfühlung' to empathy: exploring the relationship between aesthetic and interpersonal experience", we briefly sketch these two motivations and the relationship between the different mechanisms that have been associated with both aesthetic and interpersonal experience.
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