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Stealing the Pain of Others: Reflections on Canadian Humanitarian Responses

Sherene H. Razack

2007.7.5Review of Education Pedagogy and Cultural Studies

DOI: 10.1080/10714410701454198

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This 2007 article explores Canadian humanitarian responses to human empathy, highlighting the complexities and uncertainties surrounding this emotional experience.

Abstract

There is always something mysterious about human empathy, and when we feel it and when we don't. Its sudden upwelling at this particular moment caught everyone by surprise. Slaves and other subjuga...

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RAZACK, Sherene H. Stealing the pain of others: Reflections on canadian humanitarian responses. Review of Education Pedagogy and Cultural Studies, 2007, 29: 375–394.