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Hardback. New. <p><b>A philosopher explores the transformative role of wonder and awe in an uncertain world</b><br /><br />Wonder and awe lie at the heart of lifeâs most profound questions. <i>Wonderstruck</i> shows how these emotions respond to our fundamental need to make sense of ourselves and everything around us, and how they enable us to engage with the world as if we are experiencing it for the first time.<br /><br />Drawing on the latest psychological insights on emotions, Helen De Cruz argues that wonder and awe are emotional drives that motivate us to inquire and discover new things, and that humanity has deliberately nurtured these emotions in cultural domains such as religion, science, and magic. Tracing how wonder and awe unify philosophy, the humanities, and the sciences, De Cruz provides new perspectives on figures such as Plato, Aristotle, Adam Smith, William James, Rachel Carson, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jean-Paul…
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- Title Wonderstruck: How Wonder and Awe Shape the Way We Think
- Author Helen de Cruz
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 232
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press
- Date 2024-03-26
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780691232126 / 0691232121
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.1 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 2.79 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Wonder (Philosophy), PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2023028348
- Dewey Decimal Code 128
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