Philosophies of Gratitude - Rushdy, Ashraf H a
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Ashraf H. A. Rushdy examines gratitude as a philosophical concept. In the first half of the book, he outlines its history and significance in western philosophical history, specifically in classical antiquity, the early modern era, and the Enlightenment. The second half of the book is focused on contemporary meanings of gratitude, as a sentiment, action, and disposition: how we feel grateful, act grateful, and cultivate grateful being. Rushdy argues that gratitude is a virtue that we practice in moral recognition of our dependency and connectedness with our families, friends, communities, environments, and universe.…mehr

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Ashraf H. A. Rushdy examines gratitude as a philosophical concept. In the first half of the book, he outlines its history and significance in western philosophical history, specifically in classical antiquity, the early modern era, and the Enlightenment. The second half of the book is focused on contemporary meanings of gratitude, as a sentiment, action, and disposition: how we feel grateful, act grateful, and cultivate grateful being. Rushdy argues that gratitude is a virtue that we practice in moral recognition of our dependency and connectedness with our families, friends, communities, environments, and universe.
Autorenporträt
Ashraf H. A. Rushdy is the Benjamin Waite Professor of the English Language at Wesleyan University. He is the author of After Injury: A Historical Anatomy of Forgiveness, Resentment, and Apology (OUP 2018) and Neo-Slave Narratives: Studies in the Social Logic of a Literary Form (OUP 1999).