Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions

by Martha C. Nussbaum
Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions  
published 2003 by Cambridge University Press
binding Paperback
isbn 0521531829   (isbn13: 9780521531825)
pages 766
description Upheavals of Thought is a big book in every sense of the word. It is a 700-page, deep-thinking, and far-ranging argument that emotions should b...more
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03-02-07



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Henrik
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Read in August, 2008
recommends it for: anyone interested in philosophy, literature, aesthetics, ethics, knowledge and emotions
Have only begun this today (Dec. 4, 2007), but Nussbaum's LOVE'S KNOWLEDGE was a marvel, so I have high expectations about this one. (Not that I necessarily agree with her on all points.)

FEBRUARY 11:
I've read it... And like it quite much. Unfortunately I don't have much time these days to review books in-depth. This I apologize; when I get more time at hand I will return and write one!

August 7:

Argh--time flies! Re-read the last portion a few days ago. So I figured it was abo...more
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Colleen
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Western philosophical treatment of emotion from the Greeks, through early Christians, Enlightenment, Romantic authors and musicians, up to Walt Whitman. Nussbaum is a law professor who comes at philosophy from a practical viewpoint that assumes some emotions are too explosive to control - that's why there is second degree murder as opposed to first degree. And what is life without emotion - the hollowness of Puritan Christianity. Excellent, but scholarly. She's hammering out a new kind of p...more
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01/02/08

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I've only made it some of the way through, so far. (I don't like tomes.) And its thesis is questionable.... But that Proust quote at the beginning is still sticking in my mind.
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Fairly good, but somewhat repetitive if you're familiar with her work.
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