{"product_id":"upheavals-of-thought-the-intelligence-of-emotions","title":"Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is it to grieve for the death of a parent? More literary and experiential than other philosopical works on emotion  Upheavals of Thought will engage the reader who has ever stopped to ask that question. Emotions such as grief  fear  anger and love seem to be alien forces that disturb our thoughts and plans. Yet they also embody some of our deepest thoughts--about the importance of the people we love  about the vulnerability of our bodies and our plans to events beyond our control. In this wide-ranging book  based on her Gifford Lectures  philosopher Martha Nussbaum draws on philosophy  psychology  anthropology  music and literature to illuminate the role emotions play in our thoughts about important goals. Starting with an account of her own mothers death  she argues that emotions are intelligent appraisals of a world that we do not control  in the light of our own most significant goals and plans. She then investigates the implications of this idea for normative issues  analyzing the role of compassion in private and public reasoning and the attempts of authors both philosophical and literary to purify or reform the emotion of erotic love. Ultimately  she illuminates the structure of emotions and argues that once we understand the complex intelligence of emotions we will also have new reasons to value works of literature as sources of ethical education. Martha C. Nussbaum is Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics  University of Chicago  appointed in Law School  Philosophy department  and Divinity School  and an Associate in Classics. A leading scholar in ancient Greek ethics  aesthetics and literature  her previous books include The Fragility of Goodness (Cambridge  1986)  Lovess Knowledge (Oxford  1992)  Poetic Justice (Beacon Press  1997)  The Therapy of Desire (Princeton  1996)  Cultivating Humanity (Harvard  1997)  and Sex and Social Justice (Oxford  1999). Her reviews have appeared in the New York Times  Boston Globe  New York Review of Books  and New Republic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44959043977269,"sku":"ByrdShop_0521462029","price":51.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780521462020.jpg?v=1770372202","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/upheavals-of-thought-the-intelligence-of-emotions","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}