Wonder

A Grammar

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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Synthesizes the most important recent work on wonder and brings a number of disciplines into conversation.Wonder has been celebrated as the quintessential passion of childhood. From the earliest stages of our intellectual history, it has been acclaimed as the driving force of inquiry and the prime passion of thought. Yet for an emotion acknowledged so widely for the multiple roles it plays in our lives, wonder has led a singularly shadowy existence in recent reflections. Philosophers have largely passed it over in silence; emotion theorists have shunned it as a case that sits awkwardly within their analytical frameworks. So what is wonder, and why does it matter? In this book, Sophia Vasalou sketches a "grammar" of wonder that pursues the complexities of wonder as an emotional experience that has carved colorful tracks through our language and our intellectual history, not only in philosophy and science but also in art and religious experience. A richer grammar of wonder and broader window into its past can give us the tools we need for thinking more insightfully about wonder, and for reflecting on the place it should occupy within our emotional lives.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2015-05-01
Mått152 x 229 x 24 mm
Vikt608 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor296
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9781438455532

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AcknowledgmentsIntroductionWONDER: An Emotion Unlike Others?Doubting WonderKnowing WonderDELIGHT: Histories of Wonder between the Rainbow and the HarpiesTelling Wonder (I): ConsequenceTelling Wonder (II): ConcomitanceShort Tales from Wonder’s Ethical PastThe End of Wonder?SUDDEN: On Seeing the Extraordinary; or: On the Different Ways of Being StruckWonder StrikingStoking WonderPRODUCES: Practices of WonderWonder as Doing, as Practice of SpeechWonder as Doing, as Self-Undoing, as Aesthetic ConquestWonder as Doing, as Philosophical Ascent, as AskensisOBJECT: Why Wonder?Wonder as Stimulus: the Ethics of InquiryWonder as Judgment: The Ethics of SightWonder Judging Wonder: Sight as Self-KnowledgeNotesBibliography

"Vasalou's book is an important and exciting contribution to the literature. It is not a narrow academic inquiry on an obscure topic, but a sweeping exploration of an emotion that was once recognized as among the most important. Vasalou makes a powerful case for wonder and her book will spark great interest." — Jesse Prinz, author of Beyond Human Nature: How Culture and Experience Shape the Human Mind"This is a powerful study of wonder, whose major strengths include its engagement of overlooked primary sources (in particular, Adam Smith and Zorba the Greek), its exhaustive treatment of the secondary literature, and its careful attunement to historical complexities." — Mary-Jane Rubenstein, author of Strange Wonder: The Closure of Metaphysics and the Opening of Awe