A theory of feelings / Agnes Heller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heller, Ágnes, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emotions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland ; Plymouth, England : Lexington Books, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Theory of Feelings examines the problem of human feelings, widely understood, from phenomenological, analytical, and historical perspectives. It begins with an analysis of drives and affects, and pursues the nature of 'feeling' itself, in all of its variability, through a close study of the distinctive categories of the emotions, emotional dispositions, orientive feelings, and the pasions. The book will be of interest to anyone interested in philosophy, psychology, sociology, and cognitive science.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction to the Second Edition; Part I. The Phenomenology of Feelings; I. What Does It Mean to Feel?; II. The Classification of Feelings; III. How Do We Learn to Feel?; IV. Value Orientation and Feelings; V. Particularist and Individual Feelings; Part II. Contributions to the Social Philosophy of Feelings; Introduction to Part II; VI. About the Historical Dynamics of the Modern World of Feelings in General; VII. The Housekeeping of Feelings; VIII. The Abstraction of Feelings and Beyond; Epilogue: On Human Suffering

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7391-2966-X

1-4616-3288-9

OCLC:

858229838