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Opening the fridge

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April 2014, no. 360

Empathy: A handbook for revolution by Roman Krznaric

Rider Books, $34.99 pb, 288 pp, 9781846043840

Opening the fridge

by
April 2014, no. 360

When I was a child, comparing the behaviour of two people in my circle was formative. One would turn out to help in any situation, from raking dirt on the local school oval in a working bee to stopping the car late at night to check on an old man hanging over the rail at a city tram stop. He never talked much about these actions, nor dramatised the recipients’ needs, beyond saying, if asked, that it was the ‘right thing to do’. The other person would become so upset by other people’s troubles, and feel their pain so intensely, that she would end up a teary, hand-wringing mess and require calming herself, taking away attention and care from the person in need.

Miriam Cosic reviews 'Empathy: A handbook for revolution' by Roman Krznaric

Empathy: A handbook for revolution

by Roman Krznaric

Rider Books, $34.99 pb, 288 pp, 9781846043840

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