Against Schadenfreude
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Schadenfreude. I suspect we have all experienced it: the guilty pleasure derived from another person’s misfortune. It’s the feeling that is the subtext of the cliché “There but for the grace of God go I.”
Originally published: September 14, 2020
Author: Susan Henking
Position: Interim President, President Emerita
Institution: Salem Academy & College, Shimer College
Published by: Inside Higher Ed