This 1996 book is the result of a uniquely productive union of philosophy, psychoanalysis and anthropology, and explores the complexity and importance of emotions. Michael Stocker places emotions at the very centre of human identity, life and value. He lays bare how our culture's idealisation of rationality pervades the philosophical tradition and leads those who wrestle with serious ethical and philosophical problems into distortion and misunderstanding. Professor Stocker shows how important are the social and emotional contexts of ethical dilemmas and inner conflicts, and he challenges philosophical theories that try to overgeneralise and over-simplify by leaving out the particulars of each situation. In offering a realistic account of emotions and an in-depth analysis of how psychological factors affect judgments of all kind, this book will interest a broad range of readers across the disciplines of philosophy and psychology.

Plural values and conflicting values are often held to be conceptually problematic, threatening the very possibility of ethics, or at least of rational ethics. This book rejects this view.

Throughout history, hearing and sound perception have been typically framed in the context of how sound conveys information and how that information influences the listener. "Hear Where We Are" inverts this premise and examines how humans and other hearing animals use sound to establish acoustical relationships with their surroundings. This simple inversion reveals a panoply of possibilities by which we can re-evaluate how hearing animals use, produce, and perceive sound. Nuance in vocalizations become signals of enticement or boundary setting; silence becomes a field ripe in auditory possibilities; predator/prey relationships are infused with acoustic deception, and sounds that have been considered territorial cues become the fabric of cooperative acoustical communities. This inversion also expands the context of sound perception into a larger perspective that centers on biological adaptation within acoustic habitats. Here, the rapid synchronized flight patterns of flocking birds and the tight maneuvering of schooling fish becomes an acoustic engagement. Likewise, when stridulating crickets synchronize their summer evening chirrups, it has more to do with the 'cricket community' monitoring their collective boundaries rather than individual crickets establishing 'personal' territory or breeding fitness. In "Hear Where We Are" the author continuously challenges many of the bio-acoustic orthodoxies, reframing the entire inquiry into sound perception and communication. By moving beyond our common assumptions, many of the mysteries of acoustical behavior become revealed, exposing a fresh and fertile panorama of acoustical experience and adaptation.

This 1996 book is the result of a uniquely productive union of philosophy, psychoanalysis and anthropology, and explores the complexity and importance of emotions. Michael Stocker places emotions at the very centre of human identity, life and value. He lays bare how our culture's idealisation of rationality pervades the philosophical tradition and leads those who wrestle with serious ethical and philosophical problems into distortion and misunderstanding. Professor Stocker shows how important are the social and emotional contexts of ethical dilemmas and inner conflicts, and he challenges philosophical theories that try to overgeneralise and over-simplify by leaving out the particulars of each situation. In offering a realistic account of emotions and an in-depth analysis of how psychological factors affect judgments of all kind, this book will interest a broad range of readers across the disciplines of philosophy and psychology.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Geschichte Europa - and. Lander - Zeitalter Weltkriege, Note: 2,0, Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena (Historisches Instiut Jena), 9 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Wahrend im europaischen Festland ein Machteringen zweier extremer politischen Richtungen, dem Kommunismus und dem Faschismus, vonstatten ging, blieb es in England in diesen Angelegenheiten relativ ruhig. Das Parlament regierte das Land, grossere Angriffe auf die Demokratie gab es nicht zu verzeichnen. Doch gab es auch in Grossbritannien faschistische Stromungen, die zwar Abseits des Interesses der grossen Politik des Landes standen, sich aber dennoch Gehor verschaffen konnten. Insbesondere trat hier die British Union of Fascists hervor, auf welche in dieser vorliegenden Arbeit das Hauptaugenmerk gerichtet wird. Zunachst gilt es, einige grundlegende Fragen zur Entstehung des Faschismus zu klaren. Wie konnte er sich, wenn auch nur in kleinen Kreisen, bis zum Ausbruch des 2. Weltkrieges etablieren? Wer waren seine Vorganger? Wie wurde er von der Bevolkerung angenommen? Weiterhin wird die politische Arbeit der British Union of Fascists unter ihrem Fuhrer Oswald Mosley untersucht, ebenso das Scheitern der Partei und des gesamten Faschismus in Grossbritann