Price A Theory of Regret

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7239-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

Brian Price theorizes regret as an important political emotion that allows us to understand our convictions as habits of perception rather than as the signs of moral courage, teaches us to give up our expectations of what might appear, and prepares us to realize the steps toward changing institutions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Price, Brian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1. What is Regret? 31
The Habit of Virtue 32
Nonvoluntary and Involuntary Relations 36
Stupidity and Akrasia 42
When to Speak? 35
2. Impossible Advice 60
The Postman Always Rings Twice 61
Possible Advice 71
The Gift of Advice 82
Economy, Economics 90
Sameness and Trust 93
3. The Problem of Withdrawal 103
The Trouble with Agonism 106
Keeping Up Appearances 110
Appearance and Withdrawal 117
Hypocristy and Regret 127
Afterthoughts 133
Notes 141
Bibliography 155
Index 161

Über Autor(innen)

Brian Price is Associate Professor in the Department of Visual Studies and the Cinema Studies Institute at the University of Toronto, the author of Neither God nor Master: Robert Bresson and Radical Politics, and coeditor of Color, the Film Reader, and On Michael Haneke. He is also a founding coeditor of World Picture.