Corruption, deceit, hatred, violence, atrocity—enough is enough. If that’s your yearning, Unsettling Empathy is for you. As well informed and realistic as it is hopeful, as inspiring as it is challenging, Björn Krondorfer’s much-needed book encourages insight and engagement that are indispensable to heal fractured lives and to save our imperiled world.

John K. Roth, Edward J. Sexton Professor of Philosophy and director, Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights, Claremont McKenna College

Krondorfer asks us to reflect on reconciliation in a complicated pluralistic world. Through his innovative concept of “Unsettling Empathy” he provides a path breaking book for practical and ethical conduits for reconciliation, inter-dialogue, and conflict resolution. This challenging book demonstrates that even the deeply wounded and war-torn corners of the world can work together. Courageous group work alongside a practical and academic study may lead to empathy and dialogue even if we are unsettled, unresolved, and traumatized.

Mehnaz M. Afridi, Director, Holocaust, Genocide & Interfaith Education Center, and Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Manhattan College, NY

Krondorfer . . . offers nuanced and powerful insights that reinforce and extend his earlier work. . . . Krondorfer’s work, including Unsettling Empathy, makes an important contribution to the realms of history and the sociology of science – areas themselves not immune to the aftermaths of intergroup violence. . . . Unsettling Empathy offers much food for thought, and inspiration for application by its readership. It is to Krondorfer’s credit that he neither limits himself by academic disciplines, nor by restricting his important work to one single audience.

Historical Dialogues, Justice and Memory Network