The Secret History of Emotion: From Aristotle's Rhetoric to Modern Brain Science

by Daniel M Gross (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2006

  $19.52

  Princess Diana's death was a tragedy that provoked mourning across the globe. How can we account for this uneven distribution of emotion? Can it simply be explained by the prevailing scientific understanding? Addressing such questions, this title offers a counterpoint to the way we generally understand emotions.

• New

  Paperback
  2007

  $34.47

  Featuring a rereading of Aristotle, Seneca, Thomas Hobbes, and Judith Butler, this book considers emotions as psychosocial phenomena. It offers insight into the reasons why political passions are distributed to some people but not to others. It explains how psyches are shaped by power.