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Neorealism and the "New" ItalyOccurrences of Compassion

Neorealism and the "New" Italy: Occurrences of Compassion [This chapter considers the conditions that may prevent emotional involvement. Particularly sad or prosperous circumstances may not produce compassion because the power of those conditions makes it problematic for individuals to imagine alternatives. Because authors of neorealist works, such as Millu’s Il fumo di Birkenau (Smoke over Birkenau) and Levi’s Se questo è un uomo (Survival in Auschwitz), often propose situations in which the circumstances of individuals’ lives are made brutally sad, this explanation is noteworthy. This chapter explores whether such extreme conditions can create compassion and whether those reactions can modify the ways individuals relate to each another.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Neorealism and the "New" ItalyOccurrences of Compassion

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Palgrave Macmillan US
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
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978-1-137-54132-1
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71 –75
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-52416-4_8
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[This chapter considers the conditions that may prevent emotional involvement. Particularly sad or prosperous circumstances may not produce compassion because the power of those conditions makes it problematic for individuals to imagine alternatives. Because authors of neorealist works, such as Millu’s Il fumo di Birkenau (Smoke over Birkenau) and Levi’s Se questo è un uomo (Survival in Auschwitz), often propose situations in which the circumstances of individuals’ lives are made brutally sad, this explanation is noteworthy. This chapter explores whether such extreme conditions can create compassion and whether those reactions can modify the ways individuals relate to each another.]

Published: Aug 21, 2016

Keywords: Tragic Event; Literary Genre; Dead Infant; Compassionate Response; Compassionate Behavior

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