The secret history of emotion :: from Aristotle's Rhetoric to modern brain science /

Princess Diana's death was a tragedy that provoked mourning across the globe; the death of a homeless person, more often than not, is met with apathy. How can we account for this uneven distribution of emotion? Can it simply be explained by the prevailing scientific understanding? Uncovering a...

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1. Verfasser: Gross, Daniel M., 1965-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago, Ill. : Bristol : University of Chicago Press ; University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2006.
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Zusammenfassung:Princess Diana's death was a tragedy that provoked mourning across the globe; the death of a homeless person, more often than not, is met with apathy. How can we account for this uneven distribution of emotion? Can it simply be explained by the prevailing scientific understanding? Uncovering a rich tradition beginning with Aristotle, The Secret History of Emotion offers a counterpoint to the way we generally understand emotions today. Through a radical rereading of Aristotle, Seneca, Thomas Hobbes, Sarah Fielding, and Judith Butler, among others, Daniel M. Gross reveals a persistent intellectual current that considers emotions as psychosocial phenomena.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 194 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226309934
0226309932
0226309797
9780226309798

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