Description: This is a pre-owned The Secret History of Emotion: From Aristotle’s Rhetoric to Modern Brain Science by Daniel M. Gross. The book is in excellent, like new condition. · Paperback: 204 pages· Publisher: University of Chicago Press; 1 edition (October 15, 2007)· Language: English· ISBN-10: 0226309800· ISBN-13: 978-0226309804· Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches From the Inside Flap: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 intellectual current that considers emotions as psychosocial phenomena. In Gross’s historical analysis of emotion, Aristotle and Hobbes’s rhetoric show that our passions do not stem from some inherent, universal nature of men and women, but rather are conditioned by power relations and social hierarchies. He follows up with consideration of how political passions are distributed to some people but not to others using the Roman Stoics as a guide. Hume and contemporary theorists like 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 organic, personal feelings independent of social circumstances. The result is a convincing work that rescues the study of the passions from science and returns it to the humanities and the art of rhetoric. If you have any questions, please ask. Customer satisfaction is my number one priority Payment: Is expected within three (3) days of transaction. Shipping: USPS Media Mail.
Price: 19.95 USD
Location: Camillus, New York
End Time: 2025-01-27T20:50:51.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.63 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Personalize: No
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Personalized: No
Inscribed: No
Modified Item: No
Vintage: No
Number of Pages: 204 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Secret History of Emotion : from Aristotle's Rhetoric to Modern Brain Science
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2007
Subject: History & Surveys / General, General, Rhetoric, Emotions
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 9.4 Oz
Author: Daniel M. Gross
Item Length: 8.5 in
Subject Area: Philosophy, Language Arts & Disciplines, Psychology
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Perfect
