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Taming Anger

By Kostas Kalimtzis

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Taming Anger

By Kostas Kalimtzis

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From Homer to Aristotle, understanding anger and harnessing its power was at the core of Hellenic civilization. Homer created the framework for philosophical inquiries into anger, one that persisted until it was overturned by Stoicism and Christianity. Plato saw anger as the guardian of justice and Aristotle conceived of it as bound to friendship. Yet both showed that anger can become a guardian of injustice and a defender of our psychological abnormalities. Plato claimed that reason is a tertiary factor in controlling anger and Aristotle argued that non-cognitive powers can issue commands for anger's arousal - findings that shed light as to why cognitive therapeutic approaches often prove to be ineffective. Both proposed nurturing the thumos, the receptacle of anger and the seat of self-esteem. Aristotle's view of public anger as an early warning sign of social dissolution continues to be relevant to this day. In this carefully argued study, Kostas Kalimtzis examines the theories of anger in the context of the ancient world with an eye to their implications for the modern predicament.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
198
Release Date:
2012-02-16
Publication Date:
2012-02-16
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0715640798
ISBN13:
9780715640791
Weight:
467 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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