Anger the conflicted history of an emotion / Barbara H. Rosenwein.

Author/creator Rosenwein, Barbara H.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2020]
Descriptionxiii, 229 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesVices and virtues
Vices and virtues (New Haven, Conn.) ^A1180035
Contents Part 1. Anger rejected (almost) absolutely. Buddhism -- Stoicism -- Violence and Neostoicism -- Peaceable kingdoms -- Angry words -- Part 2. Anger as a vice but also (sometimes) as a virtue. Aristotle and his heirs -- From hell to heaven -- Moral sentiments -- Part 3. Natural anger. Early medical traditions -- In the lab -- Society's child -- Anger celebrated -- Conclusion: My anger, our anger.
Abstract "All of us think we know when we are angry, and we are sure we can recognize anger in others as well. But this is only superficially true. We see anger through lenses colored by what we know, experience, and learn. Barbara H. Rosenwein traces our many conflicting ideas about and expressions of anger, taking the story from the Buddha to our own time, from anger's complete rejection to its warm reception. Rosenwein explores how anger has been characterized by gender and race, why it has been tied to violence and how that is often a false connection, how it has figured among the seven deadly sins and yet is considered a virtue, and how its interpretation, once largely the preserve of philosophers and theologians, has been gradually handed over to scientists--with very mixed results. Rosenwein shows that the history of anger can help us grapple with it today."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 214-224) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019951719
ISBN0300221428 hardcover
ISBN9780300221428 hardcover

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