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The Secret History of Emotion
Daniel M. Gross
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Description for The Secret History of Emotion
Paperback. Featuring a rereading of Aristotle, Seneca, Thomas Hobbes, and Judith Butler, this book considers emotions as psychosocial phenomena. It offers insight into the reasons why political passions are distributed to some people but not to others. It explains how psyches are shaped by power. Num Pages: 204 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: CFG; HP; JMA; JMH; JMM; JMRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
Through a radical rereading of Aristotle, Seneca, Thomas Hobbes, Sarah Fielding, and Judith Butler, among others, Daniel Gross' "The Secret History of Emotion" reveals a persistent intellectual current that considers emotions as psychosocial phenomena. The Roman Stoics, for instance, offer insight into the reasons why political passions are distributed to some people but not to others. Contemporary theorists such as Judith Butler, meanwhile, explain to us how psyches are shaped by power. To supplement his argument, Gross also provides a history and critique of the dominant modern view of emotions, expressed in Darwinism and neurobiology, in which they are considered ... Read more
Through a radical rereading of Aristotle, Seneca, Thomas Hobbes, Sarah Fielding, and Judith Butler, among others, Daniel Gross' "The Secret History of Emotion" reveals a persistent intellectual current that considers emotions as psychosocial phenomena. The Roman Stoics, for instance, offer insight into the reasons why political passions are distributed to some people but not to others. Contemporary theorists such as Judith Butler, meanwhile, explain to us how psyches are shaped by power. To supplement his argument, Gross also provides a history and critique of the dominant modern view of emotions, expressed in Darwinism and neurobiology, in which they are considered ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226309804
SKU
V9780226309804
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About Daniel M. Gross
Daniel M. Gross is associate professor of rhetoric at the University of Iowa. He is coeditor of Heidegger and Rhetoric.
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