Listening Charitably with Lisa Ruddick

<p>Does being human entail emotion, empathy and heart? How might we see the human in ourselves and in others? We speak with Lisa Ruddick (University of Chicago) about literary criticism as an example of the failure to see the human. Can we pay attention in order to see the deeper things? In listening beyond the hollering or viewpoint of the other, perhaps we can see their humanity.</p> <p> </p> <p>Books and articles referenced in this episode:</p> <p><a href='https://thepointmag.com/criticism/when-nothing-is-cool/'>When Nothing is Cool</a> article – Lisa Ruddick, The Point Magazine, 2015</p> <p><a href='https://effectiviology.com/principle-of-charity/'>The Principle of Charity: Assume the Best Interpretation of People’s Arguments</a> – Effectivology.com</p> <p>The Tyranny of Merit – Michael Sandel, 2020</p> <p>Wild Geese poem – Mary Oliver</p> <p> </p> <p>Episode Terminology:</p> <p>Bourgeoise – having to do with the middle class; and focused more on materialism, money and possessions</p> <p>Post Criticism – the “critical mode” is one that has seemed to be the default mode of thinking and evaluating. Post-critical is an attempt to move past this way of understanding.</p> <p>Post Humanist – sometimes thought of as “technocratic”, post-human means moving past a consideration of the human, the heart, the empathetic</p> <p>Hyper-Moralism – “an error in moral reasoning in which you extend moral blame to a place that it does not belong.” There is a great deal of hyper-moralism in many fundamentalist movements and expressions</p>