1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910313458903321

Autore

Rodden, John

Titolo

The Cambridge introduction to George Orwell / John Rodden and John Rossi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : Cambridge University press, 2012

ISBN

9780521132558

Descrizione fisica

130 p. ; 23 cm

Collana

Cambridge introductions to literature

Altri autori (Persone)

Rossi, John <1936- >

Disciplina

823.912

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

823.912 ORWE/S 25

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454046003321

Autore

Gross Daniel M. <1965->

Titolo

The secret history of emotion [[electronic resource] ] : from Aristotle's Rhetoric to modern brain science / / Daniel M. Gross

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Ill., : University of Chicago Press

Bristol, : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2007

ISBN

1-281-95704-6

9786611957049

0-226-30993-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Disciplina

152.409

Soggetti

Emotions (Philosophy)

Emotions - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A New Rhetoric of Passions -- 1. Early Modern Emotion and the Economy of Scarcity -- 2. Apathy in the Shadow Economy of Emotion -- 3. Virtues of Passivity in the English Civil War -- 4. The Politics of Pride in David Hume and David Simple -- 5. Thinking and Feeling without a Brain: William Perfect and Adam Smith's Compassion -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910692597503321

Titolo

Idaho state basin outlook report for .. [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Portland, Or.], : United States Dept. of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Water and Climate Center, [1990]-

Soggetti

Snow surveys - Idaho

Water-supply - Idaho

Precipitation (Meteorology) - Idaho

Statistics.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Apr. 19, 2004).

Address: Snow Survey Office, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 9173 West Barnes Dr., Suite C, Boise, ID 83709-1574.