{"product_id":"the-passions-9781119440468","title":"The Passions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA survey of astonishing breadth and penetration. No cognitive neuroscientist should ever conduct an experiment in the domain of the emotions without reading this book, twice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParashkev Nachev, Institute of Neurology, UCL\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere is not a slack moment in the whole of this impressive work. With his remarkable facility for making fine distinctions, and his commitment to lucidity, Peter Hacker has subtly characterized those emotions such as pride, shame, envy, jealousy, love or sympathy which make up our all too human nature. This is an important book for philosophers but since most of its illustrative material comes from an astonishing range of British and European literature, it is required reading also for literary scholars, or indeed for anyone with an interest in understanding who and what we are.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Ellis, University of Kent\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHuman beings are all subject to boundless flights of joy and delight, to flashes of anger and fear, to pangs of sadness a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Sketching the Landscape 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 The Place of the Emotions among the Passions 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 The Analytic of the Emotions I 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 The Analytic of the Emotions II 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 The Dialectic of the Emotions 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Human, All Too Human 129\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Pride, Arrogance, and Humility 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Shame, Embarrassment, and Guilt 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Envy 183 1. Envy and jealousy: a pair of vicious emotions 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Jealousy 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Anger 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Saving Graces: Love, Friendship, and Sympathy 265\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Love 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Friendship 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Sympathy and Empathy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix: Moments in the History of Love 393\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The history of love 393\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Ancient Israel 395\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Ancient Greece 402\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. From pagan Rome to Christian Rome 410\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Early Christianity 417\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The deification of love 426\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 438\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407057264983,"sku":"9781119440468","price":25.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119440468.jpg?v=1730498022","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-passions-9781119440468","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}