Ambivalence (as in practical conflicts, moral dilemmas, conflicting
beliefs, and mixed feelings) is a central phenomenon of human life.
Yet ambivalence is incompatible with entrenched philosophical
conceptions of personhood, judgement, and action, and is denied or
marginalised by thinkers of diverse concerns. This book takes a
radical new stance, bringing the study of core philosophical issues
together with that of ambivalence. The book proposes new accounts
in several areas - including subjectivity, consciousness,
rationality, and value - while elucidating a wide range of
phenomena expressive of ambivalence, from emotional ambivalence to
self-deception. The book rejects the view that ambivalence makes a
person divided, showing that our tension-fraught attitudes are
profoundly unitary. Ambivalence is not tantamount to confusion or
to paralysis: it is always basically rational, and often creative,
active, and perceptive as well. The book develops themes from
Wittgenstein, Davidson, Sartre, and Freud. It engages with
contemporary debates in Analytic Philosophy in addition to work
ranging from Aristotle to Cultural Studies and Empirical
Psychology, and considers a rich set of examples from daily life
and literature.
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