Description: Upheavals of Thought The Intelligence of Emotions A philosophical examination of the emotions as highly discriminating responses to what is of value. Martha C. Nussbaum (Author) 9780521462020, Cambridge University Press Hardback, published 27 August 2001 768 pages 23.8 x 15.2 x 4.8 cm, 1.3 kg '… an awesome tour de force of philosophical inquiry … some marvelous intellectual architecture …'. getAbstract Emotions shape the landscape of our mental and social lives. Like geological upheavals in a landscape, they mark our lives as uneven, uncertain and prone to reversal. Are they simply, as some have claimed, animal energies or impulses with no connection to our thoughts? Or are they rather suffused with intelligence and discernment, and thus a source of deep awareness and understanding? In this compelling book, Martha C. Nussbaum presents a powerful argument for treating emotions not as alien forces but as highly discriminating responses to what is of value and importance. She explores and illuminates the structure of a wide range of emotions, in particular compassion and love, showing that there can be no adequate ethical theory without an adequate theory of the emotions. This involves understanding their cultural sources, their history in infancy and childhood, and their sometimes unpredictable and disorderly operations in our daily lives. 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. Subject Areas: Psychology [JM], Philosophy [HP]
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BIC Subject Area 1: Psychology [JM]
BIC Subject Area 2: Philosophy [HP]
Book Title: Upheavals of Thought
ISBN: 0521462029
Publication Date: 27/08/2001
Item Depth: 48
Number of Pages: 768 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Upheavals of Thought: the Intelligence of Emotions
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2001
Subject: Psychology
Item Height: 237 mm
Item Weight: 1130 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Martha C. Nussbaum
Item Width: 161 mm
Format: Hardcover
