Introduction: A New Rhetoric of Passions

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: A New Rhetoric of Passions 1
5. 1. Early Modern Emotion and the Economy of Scarcity 21
6. 2. Apathy in the Shadow Economy of Emotion 51
7. 3. Virtues of Passivity in the English Civil War 85
8. 4. The Politics of Pride in David Hume and David Simple 113
9. 5. Thinking and Feeling without a Brain: William Perfect and Adam Smith’s Compassion 157
10. Index 181