ABSTRACT

This work represents a concise history of sympathy in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, considering the phenomenon of shared feeling from five related angles: charity, the market, global exploration, theatre, and torture.

chapter |11 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|27 pages

Passion and Power

chapter 2|36 pages

Four Kinds of Sympathy

chapter 3|27 pages

Sympathy and Persons

chapter 4|24 pages

Horrid Sympathy

chapter 5|12 pages

Sympathy for the Dead

chapter |9 pages

Conclusion