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Author:   Sophia Vasalou
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.608kg
ISBN:  

9781438455532

ISBN 10:   1438455534
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   01 May 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction WONDER: An Emotion Unlike Others? Doubting Wonder Knowing Wonder DELIGHT: Histories of Wonder between the Rainbow and the Harpies Telling Wonder (I): Consequence Telling Wonder (II): Concomitance Short Tales from Wonder's Ethical Past The End of Wonder? SUDDEN: On Seeing the Extraordinary; or: On the Different Ways of Being Struck Wonder Striking Stoking Wonder PRODUCES: Practices of Wonder Wonder as Doing, as Practice of Speech Wonder as Doing, as Self-Undoing, as Aesthetic Conquest Wonder as Doing, as Philosophical Ascent, as Askensis OBJECT: Why Wonder? Wonder as Stimulus: the Ethics of Inquiry Wonder as Judgment: The Ethics of Sight Wonder Judging Wonder: Sight as Self-Knowledge Notes Bibliography

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""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

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

"""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"

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Sophia Vasalou is Research Fellow at New York University Abu Dhabi and Honorary Research Associate at Oxford Brookes University. She is the author of Schopenhauer and the Aesthetic Standpoint: Philosophy as a Practice of the Sublime and the editor of Practices of Wonder: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives.

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