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Jacob Taubes is one of the most influential figures in the more recent German intellectual scene--and beyond; with crucial contributions to hermeneutics, political theory, and phenomenology of time and the philosophy of (Jewish) religion, to name but of few areas in which the highly controversial Taubes was active.

ContributorsGeneral Introduction, Stephen G. Post, Lynn G. Underwood, Jeffrey P. Schloss, and William B. HurlbutPART I: DEFINITIONSIntroduction to Part I, Stephen G. Post1. The ABCs of Altruism, Elliott Sober2. Pythagorean Bodies and the Body of Altruism, Edith Wyschogrod3. Morality, Altruism, and Love, Jerome Kagan4. The Tradition of Agape, Stephen G. PostConclusion to Part I, Stephen G. PostPART II: HUMAN MOTIVATION AND ACTIONIntroduction to Part II, Lynn G. Underwood5. The Human Experience of Compassionate Love: Conceptual Mapping and Data from Selected Studies, Lynn G. Underwood6. Addressing the Altruism Question Experimentally, C. Daniel Batson7. Explicating Altruism, Kristen Renwick Monroe8. Extraordinary Acts of Ordinary People: Faces of Heroism and Altruism, Samuel P. OlinerConclusion to Part II, Lynn G. UnderwoodPART III: EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGYIntroduction to Part III, Jeffrey P. Schloss9. A Darwinian Naturalist's Perspective on Altruism, Michael Ruse10. Relating Self, Others, and Sacrifice in the Ordering of Love, Stephen J. Pope11. The Fall and Rise and Fall and Rise and Fall and Rise of Altruism in Evolutionary Biology, David Sloan Wilson and Elliott Sober12. Some Obstacles to Altruism, Melvin Konner13. Emerging Accounts of Altruism: Love Creation's Final Law?, Jeffrey P. SchlossConclusion to Part III, Jeffrey P. SchlossPART IV: THE SCIENCE OF ALTRUISMIntroduction to Part IV, William B. Hurlbut14. Implications for the Neurobiology of Love, Thomas R. Insel15. A Note on the Neurobiology of Emotions, Antonio R. Damasio16. Impairment of Interpersonal Social Behavior Caused by Acquired Brain Damage, Hanna Damasio17. The Communication of Emotions and the Possibility of Empathy in Animals, Stephanie D. Preston and Frans B. M. de Waal18. Empathy, Evolution, and Altruism, William B. HurlbutConclusion to Part IV, William B. HurlbutPART V:

This pioneering book presents thirteen articles on the fascinating topic of emotions (jeong 情) in Korean philosophy and religion. Its introductory chapter comprehensively provides a textual, philosophical, ethical, and religious background on this topic in terms of emotions West and East, emotions in the Chinese and Buddhist traditions, and Korean perspectives. Chapters 2 to 5 of part I discuss key Korean Confucian thinkers, debates, and ideas. Chapters 6 to 8 of part II offer comparative thoughts from Confucian moral, political, and social angles. Chapters 9 to 12 of part III deal with contemporary Buddhist and eco-feminist perspectives. The concluding chapter discusses ground-breaking insights into the diversity, dynamics, and distinctiveness of Korean emotions. This is an open access book.

In Between Philosophy and Religion Volumes I and II, Brayton Polka examines Spinoza's three major works_on religion, politics, and ethics_in order to show that his thought is at once biblical and modern. This book and its companion volume will be essential reading for any scholar of Spinoza

In Between Philosophy and Religion Volumes I and II, Brayton Polka examines Spinoza's three major works_on religion, politics, and ethics_in order to show that his thought is at once biblical and modern. This book and its companion volume are essential reading for any scholar of Spinoza