Upheavals of thought
Subtitle: the intelligence of emotions
By: Martha C. Nussbaum.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 751
Subjects: Emotions and cognition; Emotions -- Moral and ethical aspects; Emotions -- Sociological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 715-734) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Emotions as judgments of value; title: Humans and other animals: the neo-stoic view revised; title: Emotions and human societies; title: Emotions and infancy; title: Music and emotion; title: Compassion: tragic predicaments; title: Compassion: the philosophical debate; title: Compassion and public life; title: Ladders of love: an introduction; title: Contemplative creativity: Plato, Spinoza, Proust; title: The Christian ascent: Augustine; title: The Christian ascent: Dante; title: The romantic ascent: Emily Brontë; title: The romantic ascent: Mahler; title: Democratic desire: Walt Whitman; title: The transfiguration of everyday life: Joyce.