Theory of Feelings

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

A Theory of Feelings examines the problem of human feelings, widely understood, from phenomenological, analytic, and historical perspectives. It begins with an analysis of drives and affects, and pursues the nature of "feeling" itself, in all of its variability, through a close study of the distinctive categories of emotions, emotional dispositions, orientive feelings, and the passions. As such, the starting point of the anlysis entails an examination of the characteristics of human involvement, or our ways of being in the world. Building upon this assessment of the conditions of human involvement, the philosophical history and emotional economy characteristic of modern relationships is treated, and the nature of expression, social division, suffering, and responsibility is evaluated in light of the theory of feeling presented here. The book is recommended to anyone interested in philosophy, psychology, sociology, and cognitive science.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-02-16
Mått:152 x 221 x 23 mm
Vikt:363 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:242
Upplaga:9002
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780739129678

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Agnes Heller is the Hannah Arendt Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Recensioner i media

Since its initial publication in 1979, Agnes Heller's A Theory of Feelings has remained an unsurpassed point of reference for understanding this pivotal, if subterranean current of the Western philosophical tradition. Remarkably, in the wake of the postmodern “critique of reason,” Heller's book has become even more timely than when it first appeared. This new edition reinforces Heller's status as one of the most innovative philosophical minds of the last half century.

Innehållsförteckning

Part 1 Introduction to the Second Edition Part 2 The Phenomenology of Feelings Chapter 3 What Does it Mean to Feel Chapter 4 The Classification of Feelings Chapter 5 How Do We Learn to Feel? Chapter 6 Value Orientation and Feelings Chapter 7 Particularist and Individual Feelings Part 8 Contributions to the Social Philosophy of Feelings Chapter 9 Introduction to Part II Chapter 10 About the Historical Dynamics of the Bourgeois World of Feelings in General Chapter 11 The Housekeeping of Feelings Chapter 12 The Abstraction of Feelings and Beyond Part 13 Epilogue: On Human Suffering