In Balanced Wonder: Experiential Sources of Imagination, Virtue, and
Human Flourishing, Jan B. W. Pedersen digs deep into the alluring
topic of wonder and argues in a scholarly yet accessible way that the
experience of wonder, when balanced, serves as a strong contributor to
human flourishing. Along the way, Pedersen describes seven properties
of wonder and shows how wonder it is distinct from other altered
states, including awe, horror, the sublime, curiosity, amazement,
admiration, and astonishment. Examining the contribution of both
emotion and imagination in the experience of wonder--—filtered
through the Neo-Aristotelian work of philosophers Douglas Rasmussen,
Alasdair MacIntyre, and Martha Nussbaum--—Pedersen also makes it
clear that wonder may contribute to human flourishing in various ways,
such as the widening of perception, extension of moral scope or
sensitivity, a wondrous afterglow, openness, humility, an imaginative
attitude, reverence, and gratitude. Importantly, for wonder to act as
a strong contributor to human flourishing one needs to wonder at the
right thing, in the right amount, in at the right time, in the right
way, and for the right purpose.
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ISBN
9781498587785
Publisert
2019
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Lexington Books
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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