Edited by David Rondel and Samir Chopra, The Moral Psychology of Anxiety presents new work on the causes, consequences, and value of anxiety. Straddling philosophy, psychology, clinical medicine, history, and other disciplines, the chapters in this volume explore anxiety from an impressively wide range of perspectives. The first part is more historical, exploring the meaning of anxiety in different philosophical traditions and historical periods, including ancient Chinese Confucianism, twentieth-century European existentialism, and the Roman Stoics. The second part focuses on a cluster of questions having to do with anxiety’s nature and significance: Is anxiety something biological or cultural, or perhaps both? What is at the root of anxiety? Why should human beings suffer in this way? What is the experience of anxiety like, and what, if anything, are the benefits associated with it? Does anxiety have the potential to make us more virtuous or improve the quality of our inquiry? Addressing an area where newer work in moral psychology is sorely needed, this collection and the varied perspectives it offers will be of great interest to scholars, professionals, and students across philosophy, psychology, and related fields.
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The Moral Psychology of Anxiety brings a variety of disciplinary perspectives to examine anxiety, providing historical context and incorporating recent advances in philosophical and psychological research on anxiety’s nature, causes, and consequences and on its possible benefits, virtuous aspects, and role in human inquiry.
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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Moral Psychology of Anxiety by David Rondel and Samir ChopraPart I: Anxiety in the History of PhilosophyChapter 1: The Moral Psychology of Anxiety: A Stoic Perspective by Massimo PigliucciChapter 2: Not a Moment of Worry: Confucian Views on the Value of Anxiety by Leah KalmansonChapter 3: Anxiety, Curiosity, and the Fracturing of the Self: Descartes and Princess Elisabeth by Deborah J. BrownChapter 4: The Anguish of Ivan Karamazov by Christine Tappolet and Mauro RossiChapter 5: Prescription for Anxiety: A Sociohistorical Analysis by Ian DowbiggenPart II: The Nature and Meaning of AnxietyChapter 6: Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Natural, Normative, or Neither? by Jesse PrinzChapter 7: Social Anxiety, Affordances, and Habitual Trust by Michelle MaieseChapter 8: Moral Anxiety: A Kantian Perspective by Charlie KurthChapter 9: The Epistemic Virtue of Anxiety by Juliette VazardChapter 10: Anxiety’s Allure by Michael S. BradyBibliographyAbout the Contributors
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781666928402
Publisert
2024-01-05
Utgiver
Vendor
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Vekt
535 gr
Høyde
238 mm
Bredde
159 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
250

Om bidragsyterne

David Rondel is associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Nevada.

Samir Chopra is professor of philosophy at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center.