Martha C. Nussbaum (University of Chicago)

Upheavals of Thought

The Intelligence of Emotions

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Produktbeschreibung

Martha C. Nussbaum presents a powerful argument for treating emotions not as alien forces but as highly discriminating responses to what is of value. She illuminates the structure of a wide range of emotions, showing that there can be no adequate ethical theory without an adequate theory of the emotions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 766
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 1102g
• ISBN-13: 9780521531825
• ISBN-10: 0521531829
• Artikelnr.: 21754167

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Need and Recognition: 1. Emotions as judgments of value
2. Humans and other animals: the neo-stoic view revised
3. Emotions and human societies
4. Emotions and infancy
Interlude: 'things such as might happen'
5. Music and emotion
Part II. Compassion: 6. Tragic predicaments
7. Compassion: the philosophical debate
8. Compassion and public life
Part III. Ascents of Love: 9. Ladders of love: an introduction
10. Contemplative creativity: Plato, Spinoza, Proust
11. The Christian ascent: Augustine
12. The Christian ascent: Dante
13. The Romantic ascent: Emily Brontë
14. The Romantic ascent: Mahler
15. Democratic desire: Walt Whitman
16. The transfiguration of everyday life: Joyce.