Leys Ruth
Leys Ruth - The Ascent Of Affect Genealogy And Critique - Paperback
Leys Ruth - The Ascent Of Affect Genealogy And Critique - Paperback
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Description: In recent years the emotions have become a major vibrant topic of research not merely in the biological and psychological sciences but throughout a wide swath of the humanities and social sciences as well. Yet surprisingly there is still no consensus on their basic nature or workings. Ruth Leys's brilliant much anticipated history therefore is a story of controversy and disagreement. The Ascent of Affect focuses on the post - World War II period when interest in the emotions as an object of study began to revive. Leys analyzes the ongoing debate over how to understand the emotions paying particular attention to the continual conflict between camps that argue for the intentionality or meaning of emotions but have trouble explaining their presence in non - human animals and those that argue for the universality of emotions but struggle when the question turns to meaning. Addressing the work of key figures from across the spectrum considering the potentially misleading appeal of neuroscience for those working in the humanities and bringing her story fully up to date by taking in the latest debates Leys presents here the most thorough analysis available of how we have tried to think about how we feel.
Title: The Ascent Of Affect Genealogy And Critique
Author(s): Leys Ruth
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226488561
Pages: 416 Pages
Publication Date: 11/10/2017
Series: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
Category: History
Description: In recent years the emotions have become a major vibrant topic of research not merely in the biological and psychological sciences but throughout a wide swath of the humanities and social sciences as well. Yet surprisingly there is still no consensus on their basic nature or workings. Ruth Leys's brilliant much anticipated history therefore is a story of controversy and disagreement. The Ascent of Affect focuses on the post - World War II period when interest in the emotions as an object of study began to revive. Leys analyzes the ongoing debate over how to understand the emotions paying particular attention to the continual conflict between camps that argue for the intentionality or meaning of emotions but have trouble explaining their presence in non - human animals and those that argue for the universality of emotions but struggle when the question turns to meaning. Addressing the work of key figures from across the spectrum considering the potentially misleading appeal of neuroscience for those working in the humanities and bringing her story fully up to date by taking in the latest debates Leys presents here the most thorough analysis available of how we have tried to think about how we feel.
Title: The Ascent Of Affect Genealogy And Critique
Author(s): Leys Ruth
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226488561
Pages: 416 Pages
Publication Date: 11/10/2017
Series: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
Category: History
