Warwick Philosophy Workshop: Modernism and the Emotions

[John, Eileen]

University of Warwick - Centre for Research in Philosophy & Literature

Modernism and the Emotions

Friday, 1 June 2007

In recent years there has been a surge of philosophical interest in the emotions. Modernist literature often thematizes them at a level of specificity and conceptual sophistication that makes it potentially fruitful for a philosophical understanding of affectivity. The aim of this workshop is to initiate an interdisciplinary approach that brings literary and philosophical analysis into focused debate.

Speakers:

Paul Davies (Sussex, Philosophy)

Fictional Moods

Sabine A. Doering (Hamburg, Philosophy)

On Robert Musil's Concept of Gestalt: Cognitive Emotions and Cognitive Aesthetics

Michael Bell (Warwick, English and Comparative Literature)

Modernism and the Transformation of Sentiment: Some Questions

Eileen John (Warwick, Philosophy)

Modernism, the Concrete Image, and Moral Imagination

Peter Poellner (Warwick, Philosophy)

Concepts, Emotions, World-Disclosure: The Case of Musil's Man without Qualities

For more information: j.d....@warwick.ac.uk <mailto:j.d....@warwick.ac.uk>

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Waged £15 Unwaged £7

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