LEADER 03971nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910461460303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-262-30107-5 010 $a1-280-49908-7 010 $a9786613594310 010 $a0-262-30182-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000151240 035 $a(EBL)3339396 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000612436 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11388677 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000612436 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10567868 035 $a(PQKB)11018704 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3339396 035 $a(OCoLC)778447701$z(OCoLC)785783161$z(OCoLC)961530758$z(OCoLC)962589190$z(OCoLC)966264766$z(OCoLC)988428929$z(OCoLC)988532057$z(OCoLC)991960258$z(OCoLC)1037922495$z(OCoLC)1038569951$z(OCoLC)1055392146$z(OCoLC)1065698773$z(OCoLC)1081230894$z(OCoLC)1083611554 035 $a(OCoLC-P)778447701 035 $a(MaCbMITP)9419 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3339396 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10534383 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL359431 035 $a(OCoLC)778447701 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000151240 100 $a20110727d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOn ambivalence$b[electronic resource] $ethe problems and pleasures of having it both ways /$fKenneth Weisbrode 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (90 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-262-01731-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; On Ambivalence; Part I; Part II; Part III; Acknowledgments; References 330 $aA concise guide to ambivalence, from Adam and Eve (to eat the apple or not?) to Hamlet (to be or not?) to globalization (e pluribus unum or not?).Why is it so hard to make up our minds? Adam and Eve set the template: Do we or don't we eat the apple? They chose, half-heartedly, and nothing was ever the same again. With this book, Kenneth Weisbrode offers a crisp, literate, and provocative introduction to the age-old struggle with ambivalence. Ambivalence results from a basic desire to have it both ways. This is only natural--although insisting upon it against all reason often results not in "both" but in the disappointing "neither." Ambivalence has insinuated itself into our culture as a kind of obligatory reflex, or default position, before practically every choice we make. It affects not only individuals; organizations, societies, and cultures can also be ambivalent. How often have we asked the scornful question, "Are we the Hamlet of nations"? How often have we demanded that our leaders appear decisive, judicious, and stalwart? And how eager have we been to censure them when they hesitate or waver?Weisbrode traces the concept of ambivalence, from the Garden of Eden to Freud and beyond. The Obama era, he says, may be America's own era of ambivalence: neither red nor blue but a multicolored kaleidoscope. Ambivalence, he argues, need not be destructive. We must learn to distinguish it from its symptoms--selfishness, ambiguity, and indecision--and accept that frustration, guilt, and paralysis felt by individuals need not lead automatically to a collective pathology. Drawing upon examples from philosophy, history, literature, and the social sciences, On Ambivalence is a pocket-sized portrait of a complex human condition. It should be read by anyone who has ever grappled with making the right choice. 606 $aAmbivalence 606 $aDecision making 606 $aChoice (Psychology) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAmbivalence. 615 0$aDecision making. 615 0$aChoice (Psychology) 676 $a128/.4 700 $aWeisbrode$b Kenneth$0473565 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461460303321 996 $aOn ambivalence$92027104 997 $aUNINA