Empathy, the cursed word

Oliver Sacks, neurologist and writer, SARA KRULWICH

In this year just ended, there was talk, and with good reason, of the bonds of solidarity that were strengthened in the communities to help those who were losing everything.

It would seem that those of us who write about what is shaking public life do not consider political those actions that citizens undertake to alleviate the precariousness of their neighbors.

The clamor of their concrete needs does not touch the theoretical reasoning or the academic or political jargon.

The homeless have their assigned place in the society pages, but they are no longer present in always rich political analyzes ...

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