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From bookshelves overflowing with self-help books to scholarly
treatises on neurobiology to late-night infomercials that promise
to make you happier, healthier, and smarter with the acquisition of
just a few simple practices, the discourse of habit is a staple of
contemporary culture high and low. Discussion of habit, however,
tends to neglect the most fundamental questions: What is habit?
Habits, we say, are hard to break. But what does it mean to break a
habit? Where and how do habits take root in us? Do only humans
acquire habits? What accounts for the strength or weakness of a
habit? Are habits something possessed or something that possesses?
We spend a lot of time thinking about our habits, but rarely do we
think deeply about the nature of habit itself. Aristotle and the
ancient Greeks recognized the importance of habit for the
constitution of character, while readers of David Hume or American
pragmatists like C.S. Peirce, William James, and John Dewey know
that habit is a central component in the conceptual framework of
many key figures in the history of philosophy. Less familiar are
the disparate discussions of habit found in the Roman Stoics,
Thomas Aquinas, Michel de Montaigne, Rene Descartes, Gilles
Deleuze, French phenomenology, and contemporary Anglo-American
philosophies of embodiment, race, and gender, among many others.
The essays gathered in this book demonstrate that the philosophy of
habit is not confined to the work of just a handful of thinkers,
but traverses the entire history of Western philosophy and
continues to thrive in contemporary theory. A History of Habit:
From Aristotle to Bourdieu is the first of its kind to document the
richness and diversity of this history. It demonstrates the
breadth, flexibility, and explanatory power of the concept of habit
as well as its enduring significance. It makes the case for habit's
perennial attraction for philosophers, psychologists, and
sociologists.
From bookshelves overflowing with self-help books to scholarly
treatises on neurobiology to late-night infomercials that promise
to make you happier, healthier, and smarter with the acquisition of
just a few simple practices, the discourse of habit is a staple of
contemporary culture high and low. Discussion of habit, however,
tends to neglect the most fundamental questions: What is habit?
Habits, we say, are hard to break. But what does it mean to break a
habit? Where and how do habits take root in us? Do only humans
acquire habits? What accounts for the strength or weakness of a
habit? Are habits something possessed or something that possesses?
We spend a lot of time thinking about our habits, but rarely do we
think deeply about the nature of habit itself. Aristotle and the
ancient Greeks recognized the importance of habit for the
constitution of character, while readers of David Hume or American
pragmatists like C.S. Peirce, William James, and John Dewey know
that habit is a central component in the conceptual framework of
many key figures in the history of philosophy. Less familiar are
the disparate discussions of habit found in the Roman Stoics,
Thomas Aquinas, Michel de Montaigne, Rene Descartes, Gilles
Deleuze, French phenomenology, and contemporary Anglo-American
philosophies of embodiment, race, and gender, among many others.
The essays gathered in this book demonstrate that the philosophy of
habit is not confined to the work of just a handful of thinkers,
but traverses the entire history of Western philosophy and
continues to thrive in contemporary theory. A History of Habit:
From Aristotle to Bourdieu is the first of its kind to document the
richness and diversity of this history. It demonstrates the
breadth, flexibility, and explanatory power of the concept of habit
as well as its enduring significance. It makes the case for habit's
perennial attraction for philosophers, psychologists, and
sociologists.
For those open to the possibility that philosophical thought can
improve life, David Hume's Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary
have something to say. In the first comprehensive study of the
Essays, Margaret Watkins engages closely with these neglected texts
and shows how they provide important insights into Hume's
perspective on the breadth and depth of human life, arguing that
the Essays reveal his continued commitment to philosophy as a
discipline that can promote both social and individual progress.
Addressing topics such as politics, war, slavery, the priesthood,
the development of industry, aesthetics, emotional disorders,
egoism, friendship, sexuality, gender relations, and the nature of
philosophy itself, the volume examines Hume's purposes and aims
against the backdrop of the eighteenth century society in which he
lived. It will be of interest to scholars of modern thought in
philosophy, politics, history, and economics.
For those open to the possibility that philosophical thought can
improve life, David Hume's Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary
have something to say. In the first comprehensive study of the
Essays, Margaret Watkins engages closely with these neglected texts
and shows how they provide important insights into Hume's
perspective on the breadth and depth of human life, arguing that
the Essays reveal his continued commitment to philosophy as a
discipline that can promote both social and individual progress.
Addressing topics such as politics, war, slavery, the priesthood,
the development of industry, aesthetics, emotional disorders,
egoism, friendship, sexuality, gender relations, and the nature of
philosophy itself, the volume examines Hume's purposes and aims
against the backdrop of the eighteenth century society in which he
lived. It will be of interest to scholars of modern thought in
philosophy, politics, history, and economics.
Aneurysm---a medical catastrophe
A middle-aged woman on snowshoes in the mountains of Idaho. A
fighter jet pilot at the apex of his career. Drawn together by the
same medical misfortune, one finds the other's friendship amidst
the debris of their mutual calamities.
This is the true story of two strangers whose lives intersect
because of simultaneous ruptured cerebral aneurysms. Their descent
into darkness and slow journey back into life will touch your
heart.
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