Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (.), 2003. XIII,751p. Paperback. Nice copy. 'It is an awesomely ambitious and unabashedly personal book. It contains, I would suggest, three elegant studies of the role of the emotions in human flourishing. The first part of 'Upheavals', a treatise in itself, concerns the nature of emotion and Nussbaum's now familiar thesis that emotions are evaluative judgments, a thesis, in its broad outlines. that she inherits directly from the Stoics. The second part is a much-needed and persuasive manifesto concerning the ethical importance as well as the cognitive nature of compassion. It is powerful in its own right, but I fear that it will be neglected as it sits so quietly in the middle of this rather enormous and energetic tome. (?) The third part of the book is an exploration of a realm Nussbaum has long claimed as her own, the still under-appreciated but rich interconnections between ethics (and philosophy more general) and literature. (?) The focus of a good deal of this third part (again, a book in itself) is erotic love, and it begins (?) with a new statement of Nussbaum's well-known interpretation of Plato's Symposium.' (ROBERT C. SOLOMON IN Mind (New Series), 2002, p.897). Bestandsnummer des Verk�ufers 19342

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Titel: Upheavals of Thought. The Intelligence of ...

Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsdatum: 2003

Einband: Softcover

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Martha C. Nussbaum presents a powerful argument for treating emotions not as alien forces but as highly discriminating responses to what is of value. She illuminates the structure of a wide range of emotions, showing that there can be no adequate ethical theory without an adequate theory of the emotions.

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'... a staggering feat of synthesis...creates an argument for the dignity and moral efficacy of emotion that is not only an intellectual tour de force but a moving triumph of humanistic thinking.' New York Times Book Review

'... united in an original and altogether personal way the philosophy of the emotions with the texture of life and the experience of art ... Upheavals of Thought is what Henry James, one of Nussbaum's favorite authors, would have called a 'great, glittering thing'.' Los Angeles Times Book Review

'... a philosophical milestone. Few books of our time make one feel so privileged to enter into them ... A generation may pass before anyone gives an account of thinking about emotion and its human stakes as deep as Upheavals of Thought.' San Francisco Chronicle

'... In this massive study Nussbaum takes the perennial boxing match between thought and perception to a brilliant new register ... it has the feel of a major achievement.' Publishers Weekly

'... a brave and civilized book. And at a time when we need above all an understanding of political emotions its subject could not be more welcome.' The New Republic

'... unites in an original and altogether personal way the philosophy of the emotions with the texture of life and the experience of art ... The book shows an impressive familiarity with the classics, with psychology, with anthropology, with the law and with its own version of psychoanalysis.' Los Angeles Times Book Review

'[Nussbaum] is among America's most prolific and prominent public intellectuals, with many causes to her credit, to all of which she brings extraordinary scholarly and liberal credentials ... it is a brave and civilized book. And at a time when we need above all an understanding of political emotions, its subject could not be more welcome.' The New Republic

'It is an awesomely ambitious and unabashedly personal book. It contains ... three elegant studies of the role of the emotions in human flourishing ... this is a magnificent book ... this book stands apart, if only as a kind of culmination of her work so far.' Mind

'Several disciplinary establishments are bound to be shaken by this book, and most of all the scholars, scientists, and writers in the always emergent field of human emotion ... almost all will be amazed by the extent to which Nussbaum can sweep feeling up into thinking and judging.' Common Knowledge

'... it is fitting that perhaps the most considered recent contribution to the field has been made by Martha C. Nussbaum, a philosopher whose considerable powers of thought have brought some much needed clarity and depth of thought into this complex and controversial field ... appreciate the breadth of scholarship, the awesome ability to synthesize ideas from a range of disciplines without becoming facile, the elegance of the argument and the clarity of the writing. It is a book to read slowly, with care, and with plenty of pauses for reflection ... she is keen to develop a social theory of emotion, which is a major contribution to the is debate.' Auto/Biography

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