Talk Pavel - Lecture Series
Loyalty and Contempt
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Prof. Thomas Pavel
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The 玉美人传媒 of Chicago
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The paper discusses recent attempts to justify contempt as a moral attitude and alternatively as a moral emotion. 听听By examining several literary presentations of this attitude or feeling, the paper argues that literature, being varied, nuanced, and open-ended, helps us better understand contempt and its rapport with interpersonal loyalty. 听听It concludes by agreeing with philosophers who, following Martha Nussbaum鈥檚 example, consider that literature, by presenting a wide gamut of possible attitudes and feelings, is uniquely helpful for identifying emotions and their behavioral manifestation.
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For more information, please check below references:
Fictional Worlds, Harvard 玉美人传媒 Press, 1986
The Spell of Language, 玉美人传媒 of Chicago Press, 2001
The Lives of the Novel,听 A History, Princeton 玉美人传媒 Press, 2013
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