Fisher The Vehement Passions

Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2489-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten

Philip Fisher is the Reid Professor of English at Harvard University. He is the author of Still the New World, Hard Facts, Wonder, the Rainbow, and the Aesthetics of Rare Experiences, and Making and Effacing Art.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fisher, Philip

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Semiotik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix

INTRODUCTION 1

ONE: Passions,Strong Emotions, Vehement Occasions 12

TWO: Paths among the Passions 28

THREE: Thoroughness 40

FOUR: Privacy,Radical Singularity 53

FIVE: Time 71

SIX: Rashness 93

SEVEN: Mutual Fear 109

EIGHT: The Aesthetics of Fear 132

NINE: The Radius of the Will 157

TEN: Anger and Diminution 171

ELEVEN: Grief 199

TWELVE: Spiritedness 227

CONCLUSION 246

NOTES 253

AUTHOR INDEX 263

INDEX OF TERMS 266

Über Autor(innen)

Philip Fisher is the Reid Professor of English at Harvard University. He is the author of Still the New World, Hard Facts, Wonder, the Rainbow, and the Aesthetics of Rare Experiences, and Making and Effacing Art.