Fritz Breithaupt

Fritz Breithaupt, born in 1967, is Professor of Cognitive Science and German Studies at Indiana University Bloomington.

Awards (selection)

Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2023 (category: Medicine/Biology) for The Narrative Brain (Austria)

PUBLICATIONS

Year of Publication: 2022

Fritz BreithauptYear of Publication: 2022

The Narrative Brain

Life is experienced more intensely when we are enmeshed in stories – I narrate, therefore I am. But it is not only our own lives that are heightened by narratives; through narratives we are...

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English world rights (Yale UP), Spanish world rights (Sexto Piso), Italy (Lit/Castelvecchi), Korea (Eco-Livres), Hungary (Typotex), Bulgaria (Funtasy)

Year of Publication: 2017

Fritz BreithauptYear of Publication: 2017

The Dark Sides of Empathy

Empathy is considered the basis of moral action. But if we examine this more carefully, the ability to »empathize with other people« proves itself to be a prerequisite for deliberate...

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English world rights (Cornell UP), Korea (SOSO)

Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Hungary (Typotex)

Year of Publication: 2011

Fritz BreithauptYear of Publication: 2011

Culture of the Excuse

Why do people tell each other things? Why did they learn to tell stories? What cultural achievements are linked to telling stories? And what is story telling in the first place? Fritz Breithaupt gives us an astounding answer to this question.

Telling stories allows us to present excuses. With an excuse, one can remove one’s head from the noose. The essence of an excuse...

Year of Publication: 2009

Fritz BreithauptYear of Publication: 2009

Cultures of Empathy

Most theories of empathy assume that the primary scene of empathy involves two people: One who has empathy with another. The author's hypothesis, however, is that human empathy derives from a scene...

Rights sold to:

Spanish world rights (Katz)

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News

Fritz Breithaupt's The Narrative Brain is the Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2023

The Narrative Brain has been chosen as the Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2023 in the category Medicine/Biology.