Declined in Europe among the working classes in the late nineteenth century. Probably because of increasingly secular lifestyles and the fact that churches failed to keep up with the rapid growth of urban population. They were also seen as very conservative, making them less appealing to liberal-minded working classes. î î î.
Apathy is a lack of feeling, emotion, interest, and concern. Apathy is a state of indifference, or the suppression of emotions such as concern, excitement, motivation, or passion. An apathetic individual has an absence of interest in or concern about emotional, social, spiritual, philosophical, or physical life and the world. The apathetic may lack a sense of purpose, worth, or meaning in their life. An apathetic person may also exhibit insensibility or sluggishness. In positive psychology, apathy is described as a result of the individuals feeling they do not possess the level of skill required to confront a challenge (i.e. Flow).
Although the word apathy was first used in 1594 and is derived from the Greek á¼ÏÎ¬Î¸ÎµÎ¹Î± (apatheia), from á¼ÏÎ¬Î¸Î·Ï (apathÄs, without feeling from a- (without, not) and pathos (emotion)), it is important not to confuse the two terms.