Emotions and Human Concern: Adult Education and the Philosophical Thought of Martha Nussbaum

Autor/in	Plumb, Donovan
Titel	Emotions and Human Concern: Adult Education and the Philosophical Thought of Martha Nussbaum
Quelle	In: Studies in the Education of Adults, 46 (2014) 2, S.145-162 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-0830
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Philosophy; Psychological Patterns; Cognitive Processes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Philosophie; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess
Abstract	This article argues that philosopher Martha Nussbaum's reflections on the role of the emotions in human flourishing can contribute in important ways to our understanding of the emotions in adult education contexts. The article summarises Nussbaum's exploration of the contributions of classical philosophers like Socrates, Aristotle, and Epicurus to our understanding of the emotions and then reflects on the implications of her more anthropological and psychoanalytical assessment of human emotionality for adult education. Broadly, the paper concurs with Nussbaum's argument that the emotions are a form of cognition through which we think about things that are deeply important to us but that are beyond our control. The fact of our essential neediness and vulnerability as human beings needs to be deeply appreciated if adult educators hope to sustain a meaningful and emancipatory social purpose for their field. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10