The Moral Psychology of Anxiety

David Rondel; Samir Chopra

doi:10.5771/9781666928419

Summary

Edited by David Rondel and Samir Chopra, The Moral Psychology of Anxiety presents new work on the causes, consequences, and value of anxiety. Straddling philosophy, psychology, clinical medicine, history, and other disciplines, the chapters in this volume explore anxiety from an impressively wide range of perspectives. The first part is more historical, exploring the meaning of anxiety in different philosophical traditions and historical periods, including ancient Chinese Confucianism, twentieth-century European existentialism, and the Roman Stoics. The second part focuses on a cluster of questions having to do with anxiety’s nature and significance: Is anxiety something biological or cultural, or perhaps both? What is at the root of anxiety? Why should human beings suffer in this way? What is the experience of anxiety like, and what, if anything, are the benefits associated with it? Does anxiety have the potential to make us more virtuous or improve the quality of our inquiry? Addressing an area where newer work in moral psychology is sorely needed, this collection and the varied perspectives it offers will be of great interest to scholars, professionals, and students across philosophy, psychology, and related fields.

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Copyright year: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-1-66692-840-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-2841-9
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 242
Product type: Edited Book

Cover No access Pages i - iv
Contents No access Pages v - vi
Acknowledgments No access Pages vii - viii
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 10
1. The Moral Psychology of Anxiety No access
2. Not a Moment of Worry No access
3. Anxiety, Curiosity, and the Fracturing of the Self No access
4. The Anguish of Ivan Karamazov No access
5. Prescription for Anxiety No access
1. Generalized Anxiety Disorder No access
2. Social Anxiety, Affordances, and Habitual Trust No access
3. Moral Anxiety No access
4. The Epistemic Virtue of Anxiety No access
5. Anxiety’s Allure No access
Bibliography No access Pages 213 - 234
Index No access Pages 235 - 238
About the Contributors No access Pages 239 - 242