TY - JOUR
T1 - Narratives of endurance and the ethics of listening
AU - Prabhu, Gayathri
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Indian Journal of Medical Ethics 2021.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This is a commentary on the ethics of listening as can be gleaned from two narratives drawn from reallife encounters and crafted in the mode of fiction. "The Spiral" by Rakhi Ghoshal and "The Liquid Miscreant" by Aiswarya Sasi are narratives of the indignities inflicted by alcoholism on families and individuals. The narrators in both instances are outsiders who have to listen and bear witness to the suffering and resistance that they witness. This commentary argues that both narratives offer readers an opportunity to reflect on what is entailed in the ethics of listening. It is hence suggested that the components of an active, dynamic and ethical listening entail empathetic presence, nonintrusive reception, and bearing witness with compassion.
AB - This is a commentary on the ethics of listening as can be gleaned from two narratives drawn from reallife encounters and crafted in the mode of fiction. "The Spiral" by Rakhi Ghoshal and "The Liquid Miscreant" by Aiswarya Sasi are narratives of the indignities inflicted by alcoholism on families and individuals. The narrators in both instances are outsiders who have to listen and bear witness to the suffering and resistance that they witness. This commentary argues that both narratives offer readers an opportunity to reflect on what is entailed in the ethics of listening. It is hence suggested that the components of an active, dynamic and ethical listening entail empathetic presence, nonintrusive reception, and bearing witness with compassion.
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U2 - 10.20529/IJME.2021.034
DO - 10.20529/IJME.2021.034
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 34666976
AN - SCOPUS:85116608044
SN - 0974-8466
VL - 6
SP - 332
EP - 333
JO - Indian journal of medical ethics
JF - Indian journal of medical ethics
IS - 4
ER -