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- Condition
- Release Year
- 1998
- Book Title
- Alchemies of the Mind: Rationality and the Emotions
- ISBN
- 9780521644877
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521644879
ISBN-13
9780521644877
eBay Product ID (ePID)
781355
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Alchemies of the Mind : Rationality and the Emotions
Publication Year
1998
Subject
Logic, Emotions
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy, Psychology
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
98-024493
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
'The book is exceptionally insightful, and it achieves a remarkable synthesis of divergent bodies of literature that perhaps no one else could have accomplished.' Alfred Mele, Davidson College, 'This book will undoubtedly find a wide readership, not only among the fans of Elster's previous work, but among the growing number of specialists in various fields who have become captivated by the theory of emotion.' Ronald de Sousa, University of Toronto, "The book should have a broad appeal within the humanties as well as the social sciences. Highly recommended for upper-division undergraduates and above." Choice, "Jon Elster has written an important and useful book on human emotions and the social sciences...his book a useful source for anyone working in the area." Jrnl of Economic Behavior and Organization, "Jon Elster has written an important and useful book on human emotions and the social sciences...his book a useful source for anyone working in the area." --Jrnl of Economic Behavior and Organization, ‘The book is exceptionally insightful, and it achieves a remarkable synthesis of divergent bodies of literature that perhaps no one else could have accomplished.’Alfred Mele, Davidson College, "The book should have a broad appeal within the humanties as well as the social sciences. Highly recommended for upper-division undergraduates and above." --Choice, "In this polished work the author, a highly respected political philosopher from Columbia University...reaches for a broad theory of the role of the emotions in human behavior." Virginia Quarterly Review, 'This book will undoubtedly find a wide readership, not only among the fans of Elster's previous work, but among the growing number of specialists in various fields who have become captivated by the theory of emotion.'Ronald de Sousa, University of Toronto, ‘This book will undoubtedly find a wide readership, not only among the fans of Elster’s previous work, but among the growing number of specialists in various fields who have become captivated by the theory of emotion.’Ronald de Sousa, University of Toronto, "In this polished work the author, a highly respected political philosopher from Columbia University...reaches for a broad theory of the role of the emotions in human behavior." --Virginia Quarterly Review
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
152.4
Table Of Content
Preface and acknowledgments; Part I. A Plea for Mechanisms: 1. Introduction; 2. Explaining by mechanisms; 3. Proverbial mechanisms; 4. Mechanisms in Montaigne; 5. Mechanisms in Tocqueville; 6. Some elementary mechanisms; 7. Molecular mechanisms; 8. From mechanisms to laws; 9. A plea for disaggregation; Part II. Emotions before Psychology: 1. Introduction; 2. Aristotle on the emotions; 3. The French moralists; 4. Emotion in literature; Part III. Social Emotions in Historical Context: 1. Introduction; 2. Shame and social norms; 3. Envy in social life; 4. Honor, duels, and feuds; Part IV. Rationality and the Emotions: 1. Introduction; 2. The nature of emotion; 3. Rationality and the emotions; Appendix; Part V. Alchemies of the Mind: 1. Introduction; 2. Transmutation; 3. Misrepresentation; Coda.
Synopsis
Jon Elster has written a comprehensive, wide-ranging book on the emotions in which he considers the full range of theoretical approaches. Drawing on history, literature, philosophy and psychology Elster presents a complete account of the role of the emotions in human behavior., Jon Elster has written a comprehensive, wide-ranging book on the emotions in which he considers the full range of theoretical approaches. Drawing on history, literature, philosophy and psychology, Elster presents a complete account of the role of the emotions in human behaviour. While acknowledging the importance of neurophysiology and laboratory experiment for the study of emotions, Elster argues that the serious student of the emotions can learn more from the great thinkers and writers of the past, from Aristotle to Jane Austen. He attaches particular importance to the work of the French moralists, notably La Rochefoucauld, who demonstrated the way esteem and self-esteem shape human motivation. The book also maintains a running dialogue with economists and rational-choice theorists. Combining methodological and theoretical arguments with empirical case-studies and written with Elster's customary verve and economy, this book has great cross-disciplinary appeal., Jon Elster has written a comprehensive, wide-ranging book on the emotions in which he considers the full range of theoretical approaches. Drawing on history, literature, philosophy and psychology Elster presents a complete account of the role of the emotions in human behavior. Combining methodological and theoretical arguments with empirical case studies and written with Elster's customary verve and economy, this book will have a broad appeal to those in philosophy, psychology, economics, political science, as well as literary studies, history, and sociology.
LC Classification Number
BF531 .E47 1999
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