Wanner, Catherine and Pavlenko, Valentyna (2023) Cultivating an empathic impulse in wartime Ukraine. In: Conversations on Empathy: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Imagination and Radical Othering. Routledge, pp. 135-153. ISBN 9781003189978
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The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine that began on 24 February 2022 was preceded by an eight-year hybrid war. Ukrainians consider the 2022 invasion an intensification of armed combat, not its beginning. A hybrid war differs from a conventional war in that it involves low-grade, ongoing violence in multiple forms. This chapter analyzes how, when faced with a steady onslaught of aggression during a hybrid war from 2014–2022, empathy was mobilized and weaponized to confront and endure the stresses and horrors of war. In Ukraine, military chaplains emerged as key agents charged with initiating empathic processes that served dual and diametrically opposed purposes to facilitate the will to endure war among soldiers and civilians alike. Empathy, understood as a genuine understanding of another that serves as the basis for mutual goodwill, is a surprisingly recent concept. When chaplains rotate from the front to the home front, the nature of their work shifts.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Empathy, Aggression, Goodwill |
| Subjects: | B Mission theology/theory > Identity issues B Mission theology/theory > Social Justice/Mission as Justice and transformation B Mission theology/theory > Spirituality |
| Divisions: | Former Soviet Union > Ukraine |
| Depositing User: | Katharina Penner |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jun 2024 13:20 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jun 2024 13:20 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/2975 |
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