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A journey through ancient Greek heritage in an effort to resurrect ideas about emotion and show their relevance to modern political philosophy. It focuses on "thumos" ("spiritedness", "heart" or "anger"), and relates this to contemporary multidisciplinary work on emotion.

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“Barbara Koziak’s Retrieving Political Emotion: "Thumos," Aristotle and Gender is an ambitious attempt to recover a richer understanding of political life by tracing the historical development of the concept of thumos, normally understood as anger or ‘spiritedness’ but also as the capacity for emotion itself, from ancient times to the present. In doing so Koziak challenges the liberal enlightenment view that celebrates the triumph of reason over the passions, and expands on recent studies in ‘care feminism’ that argue for a reevaluation of emotional life and therewith the traditional view of women.”

—Lisa Pace Vetter Review of Politics

Retrieving Political Emotion Thumos Aristotle

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      Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/03/2000
      ISBN13: 9780271019215, 978-0271019215
      ISBN10: 0271019212

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A journey through ancient Greek heritage in an effort to resurrect ideas about emotion and show their relevance to modern political philosophy. It focuses on "thumos" ("spiritedness", "heart" or "anger"), and relates this to contemporary multidisciplinary work on emotion.

      Trade Review

      “Barbara Koziak’s Retrieving Political Emotion: "Thumos," Aristotle and Gender is an ambitious attempt to recover a richer understanding of political life by tracing the historical development of the concept of thumos, normally understood as anger or ‘spiritedness’ but also as the capacity for emotion itself, from ancient times to the present. In doing so Koziak challenges the liberal enlightenment view that celebrates the triumph of reason over the passions, and expands on recent studies in ‘care feminism’ that argue for a reevaluation of emotional life and therewith the traditional view of women.”

      —Lisa Pace Vetter Review of Politics

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