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...
| Основен автор: | Gross, Daniel M., 1965- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chicago, Ill. : Bristol :
University of Chicago Press ; University Presses Marketing [distributor],
2006.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=260196 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Secret history of emotion. |
| Резюме: |
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 intellectu. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (x, 194 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780226309934 0226309932 |