Screen LibraryOn desire：why we want what we want
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford |
| Publication Dates: | 2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | x, 322 p.: ; 19 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0195188624 (alk. paper) 9780195188622 (alk. paper) 9780195327076 (pbk) 0195327071 (pbk) |
| Index Number: | B848 |
| CLC: | B848.4 |
| Call Number: | B848.8/I723 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-315) and index. The ebb and flow of desire -- Other people -- Mapping our desires -- The wellsprings of desire -- The psychology of desire -- The evolution of desire -- The biological incentive system -- The human condition -- Religious advice -- Religious advice continued : Protestant sects -- Philosophical advice -- The eccentrics -- Conclusions. Desires often come to us unbidden and unwanted, and they can have a dramatic impact, sometimes changing the course of our lives. Philosopher Irvine takes us on a wide-ranging tour of our impulses, wants, and needs, showing us where these feelings come from and how we can try to rein them in. Irvine considers the teachings of religion as well as ancient and modern philosophers, looks at what modern science can tell us about desire--what happens in the brain when we desire something and how animals evolved particular desires--and advances a new theory about how desire itself evolved. Brimming |