{"product_id":"emotion-and-imagination-paperback-softback-9780745649580","title":"Emotion and Imagination (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745649580","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEmotion and Imagination\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAdam Morton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745649580, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 May 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e184 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.7 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.327 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Friends of Adam Morton's work will find familiar strengths in this essay in moral psychology: detailed attention to the peculiarities of cases and a hostility to easy formulations, matched by lucid arguments that keep the general aim in view. He has surprising things to say about imagining; mice do it, apparently. But we, unlike mice, can use imagination to help to shape our own emotions, and hence to structure our own moral lives. All in all, this is a splendid attempt to think through the complex issue of what the imagination can and cannot do for us.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregory Currie, University of Nottingham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Adam Morton is a pioneering and original thinker whose provocative and insightful work on emotion and imagination has pushed the field in important new directions. It's exciting to have a book-length treatment of these issues from such an interesting and creative mind.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTamar Gendler, Yale University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Morton takes us on a journey of the imagination into the imagination. His kaleidoscope of examples compels us to believe that emotions involve the imagination in sometimes unexpected, but always fascinating ways. A great read!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeidi Maibom, Carleton University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRecent years have seen an enormous amount of philosophical research into the  emotions and the imagination, but as yet little work has been done to connect  the two. In his engaging and highly original new book, Adam Morton shows that  all emotions require some form of imagination and goes on to fully explore the  link between these two important concepts both within philosophy and in everyday  life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe may take it for granted that complex emotions, such as hope and  resentment, require a rich thinking and an engagement with the imagination, but  Morton shows how more basic and responsive emotions such as fear and anger also  require us to take account of possibilities and opportunities beyond the  immediate situation. Interweaving a powerful tapestry of subtle argument with  vivid detail, the book highlights that many emotions, more than we tend to  suppose, require us to imagine a situation from a particular point of view and  that this in itself can be the source of further emotional feeling. Morton goes  on to demonstrate the important role that emotions play in our moral lives,  throwing light on emotions such as self-respect, disapproval, and remorse, and  the price we pay for having them. He explores the intricate nature of moral  emotions and the challenges we face when integrating our thinking on morality  and the emotions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis compelling and thought-provoking new book  challenges many assumptions about the nature of emotion and imagination and will  appeal to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the role that these concepts  play in our lives. The book also has far reaching implications that will spark  debate amongst scholars and students for some time to come.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The range of emotions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRefined emotions 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImagining in emotions 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeing as 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmotions and thinking 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKeeping mood and emotion distinct 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePressure 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCategories of emotion 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Imagining vile emotions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImagining what we shouldn’t feel 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImagining minds: emotions and perspectives 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImagining a point of view 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMisimagination 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImagining invented characters: fiction and philosophy 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInvisible everyday failures 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImagining awful actions 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSympathy versus empathy 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe tradeoff 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Memotions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe threat of irrelevance 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRetracting emotions 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmotions with multiple points of view 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe variety of moral emotions 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmotional learning 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmugness 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Families of emotions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The ideas and the questions 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShame, regret, embarrassment, remorse 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShame-like versus regret-like 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGhosts 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLooking backward and looking inward 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGaps in the pattern: shame versus guilt 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo kinds of pride 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe smug family 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDark humour, radical possibilities 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShaping our emotions 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnd: a virtue if imagination 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes 210\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReferences 219\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 229\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52509200711960,"sku":"9780745649580","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745649580.jpg?v=1786497511","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/emotion-and-imagination-paperback-softback-9780745649580","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}