Nussbaum's Politics of Wonder
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Nussbaum's Politics of Wonder

How the Mind's Original Joy Is Revolutionary

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Nussbaum's Politics of Wonder

How the Mind's Original Joy Is Revolutionary

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In an unconventionally written book that challenges the literary imagination of its readers, Jeremy Bendik-Keymer explores how wonder is central to Martha C. Nussbaum's normative project. Nussbaum's work is opposed to the emotional and political conditions of 'narcissism' – the tendency to seek to control the wills of others in order to defend oneself against perceived vulnerabilities. Our capacity for wondering is important for growing beyond narcissism. Bendik-Keymer elaborates a politics of wonder that is consistent with understanding this idea. Taking issue with understandings of wonder viewing it as an emotion of surprise or delight, he develops an alternate tradition finding wonder in concert with the freedom of imagination found by degrees within much of human understanding. The result is a constructive rereading of Nussbaum's oeuvre, surprising for how it disencumbers her work of some falsehoods surrounding anxiety and anger and for the ways it implies an egalitarian politics of relational autonomy more socialist than liberal. Misty Morrison's visual inquiry accompanies the book creating space for the reader to wonder. Morrison paints and prints how families involve wonder, starting with moments in her child's life when she wonders what they might see. Nussbaum's Politics of Wonder is an important contribution to the philosophy of wonder and is crucial for understanding the work of a leading philosopher.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2023
ISBN
9781350076099
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Series Page
  5. Title Page
  6. Contents
  7. PROLOGUE
  8. SETTING – WHEN PEOPLE NO LONGER WONDER, DOMINATION’S HOLDING DOWN THE SYSTEM
  9. IN THE READER’S VOICE
  10. MOTET 1 – WONDER IS THE MIND’S EXCITEMENT AND PROCEEDS BY GETTING LOST
  11. MOTET 2 – HUMANS ARE BORN TO WONDER HOW ANOTHER’S WORLD IS POSSIBLE
  12. “LIFE CYCLE”
  13. MOTET 3 – WONDER IS POLITICAL, HONEST IN OUR RELATIONS
  14. MOTET 4 – CAN ANGER BE WONDERFUL? IT CAN SURFACE MORAL WRONGS
  15. “WITH WONDER”
  16. THANKS
  17. SOURCES
  18. INDEX
  19. Copyright