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Drawing on her vast knowledge of philosophy, psychology and literature, martha nussbaum takes us on a tour of the emotional landscape that ranges from the agora in athens to the world of lab rats and electrodes. Comments on martha nussbaum s upheavals of thought. List of works by or about martha nussbaum, american philosopher. Emotionen wie wut, hass oder eifersucht konnen moralisches handeln erschweren, emotionen wie mitgefuhl, liebe.
Martha nussbaum, the professor of philosophy and the classics, is brave, but if shes going to be the pr person for emotions, shes going to have to punch up her copy. Download upheavals of thought the intelligence of emotions in pdf and epub formats for free. Martha nussbaums upheavals of thought 2001 is a wideranging engagement with these and other controversies concerning the nature and moral value of the emotions. She explores and illuminates the structure of a wide range of emotions, in particular compassion and love, showing that there can be no adequate ethical theory without an adequate theory of the emotions. Conceiving emotions martha nussbaums upheavals of thought. She argues that emotions are best conceived as thoughts, and she ar.
Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Upheavals of thought the intelligence of emotions book also available for read online, mobi, docx and mobile and kindle reading. Martha nussbaum s account of human emotions, given in her influential 2001 book upheavals of thought. Nussbaum is ernst freund distinguished service professor of law and ethics, university of chicago, appointed in law school, philosophy department, and divinity school, and an associate in classics. In upheavals of thought, martha nussbaum offers a theory of the emotions. She argues that emotions are best conceived as thoughts, and she. Nussbaum presents a powerful argument for treating emotions not as alien forces but as highly discriminating responses to what is of value and importance. Martha craven nussbaum is an american philosopher and the current ernst freund. Shes done a lot to argue their cause throughout her career, especially in her magnum opus, upheavals of thought.
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