Ruth Leys's guest appearances

Ruth Leys

New Books in Psychology

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

New Books in Language

New Books in Intellectual History

New Books Network

Alberto Cairo

Leslie M. Harris

Andrew Piper

Matt Cook

Kathryn Conrad

Phillipa Chong

McKenzie Wark

Brian Greene

Palgrave Macmillan

K. Linder

Scott Soames

Johanna Drucker

J. Neuhaus

Janet Kourany

Jamie Cohen-Cole

OwlTail

On this episode of the New Books Network, Dr. Lee Pierce (she/they) interviews Dr. Ruth Leys (she/hers), Professor Emeritus of Johns Hopkins University, on The Ascent of Affect: Genealogy and Critique (University of Chicago Press, 2017).In recent years, emotions have become a major, vibrant topic of research not merely in the biological and psychological sciences but throughout a wide swath of the humanities and social sciences as well. Yet, surprisingly, there is still no consensus on their basic nature or workings. Ruth Leys’s brilliant, much anticipated history, therefore, is a story of controversy and disagreement.The Ascent of Affect focuses on the post–World War II period, when interest in emotions as an object of study began to revive. Leys analyzes the ongoing debate over how to understand emotions, paying particular attention to the continual conflict between camps that argue for the intentionality or meaning of emotions but have trouble explaining their presence in non-human animals and those that argue for the universality of emotions but struggle when the question turns to meaning.Addressing the work of key figures from across the spectrum, considering the potentially misleading appeal of neuroscience for those working in the humanities, and bringing her story fully up to date by taking in the latest debates, Leys presents here the most thorough analysis available of how we have tried to think about how we feel.We hope you enjoyed listening as much as we enjoyed chatting about this fascinating book. Connect with your host, Lee Pierce, on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @rhetoriclee for interview previews, the best book selfies, and new episode alerts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

On this episode of the New Books Network, Dr. Lee Pierce (she/they) interviews Dr. <a href="https://compthoughtlit.jhu.edu/directory/ruth-leys/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ruth Leys</a> (she/hers), Professor Emeritus of Johns Hopkins University, on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ascent-Affect-Genealogy-Critique/dp/022648856X/?tag=newbooinhis-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Ascent of Affect: Genealogy and Critique</a> (University of Chicago Press, 2017).In recent years, emotions have become a major, vibrant topic of research not merely in the biological and psychological sciences but throughout a wide swath of the humanities and social sciences as well. Yet, surprisingly, there is still no consensus on their basic nature or workings. Ruth Leys’s brilliant, much anticipated history, therefore, is a story of controversy and disagreement.The Ascent of Affect focuses on the post–World War II period, when interest in emotions as an object of study began to revive. Leys analyzes the ongoing debate over how to understand emotions, paying particular attention to the continual conflict between camps that argue for the intentionality or meaning of emotions but have trouble explaining their presence in non-human animals and those that argue for the universality of emotions but struggle when the question turns to meaning.Addressing the work of key figures from across the spectrum, considering the potentially misleading appeal of neuroscience for those working in the humanities, and bringing her story fully up to date by taking in the latest debates, Leys presents here the most thorough analysis available of how we have tried to think about how we feel.We hope you enjoyed listening as much as we enjoyed chatting about this fascinating book. Connect with your host, <a href="http://rhetoriclee.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lee Pierce</a>, on <a href="https://twitter.com/RhetoricLee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/rhetoricleespeaking" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/rhetoriclee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> @rhetoriclee for interview previews, the best book selfies, and new episode alerts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history</a>

Ruth Leys, "The Ascent of Affect: Genealogy and Critique" (University of Chicago Press, 2017)

On this episode of the New Books Network, Dr. Lee Pierce (she/they) interviews Dr. Ruth Leys (she/hers), Professor Emeritus of Johns Hopkins University, on The Ascent of Affect: Genealogy and Critique (University of Chicago Press, 2017).In recent years, emotions have become a major, vibrant topic of research not merely in the biological and psychological sciences but throughout a wide swath of the humanities and social sciences as well. Yet, surprisingly, there is still no consensus on their basic nature or workings. Ruth Leys’s brilliant, much anticipated history, therefore, is a story of controversy and disagreement.The Ascent of Affect focuses on the post–World War II period, when interest in emotions as an object of study began to revive. Leys analyzes the ongoing debate over how to understand emotions, paying particular attention to the continual conflict between camps that argue for the intentionality or meaning of emotions but have trouble explaining their presence in non-human animals and those that argue for the universality of emotions but struggle when the question turns to meaning.Addressing the work of key figures from across the spectrum, considering the potentially misleading appeal of neuroscience for those working in the humanities, and bringing her story fully up to date by taking in the latest debates, Leys presents here the most thorough analysis available of how we have tried to think about how we feel.We hope you enjoyed listening as much as we enjoyed chatting about this fascinating book. Connect with your host, Lee Pierce, on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @rhetoriclee for interview previews, the best book selfies, and new episode alerts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/language

On this episode of the New Books Network, Dr. Lee Pierce (she/they) interviews Dr. <a href="https://compthoughtlit.jhu.edu/directory/ruth-leys/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ruth Leys</a> (she/hers), Professor Emeritus of Johns Hopkins University, on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ascent-Affect-Genealogy-Critique/dp/022648856X/?tag=newbooinhis-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Ascent of Affect: Genealogy and Critique</a> (University of Chicago Press, 2017).In recent years, emotions have become a major, vibrant topic of research not merely in the biological and psychological sciences but throughout a wide swath of the humanities and social sciences as well. Yet, surprisingly, there is still no consensus on their basic nature or workings. Ruth Leys’s brilliant, much anticipated history, therefore, is a story of controversy and disagreement.The Ascent of Affect focuses on the post–World War II period, when interest in emotions as an object of study began to revive. Leys analyzes the ongoing debate over how to understand emotions, paying particular attention to the continual conflict between camps that argue for the intentionality or meaning of emotions but have trouble explaining their presence in non-human animals and those that argue for the universality of emotions but struggle when the question turns to meaning.Addressing the work of key figures from across the spectrum, considering the potentially misleading appeal of neuroscience for those working in the humanities, and bringing her story fully up to date by taking in the latest debates, Leys presents here the most thorough analysis available of how we have tried to think about how we feel.We hope you enjoyed listening as much as we enjoyed chatting about this fascinating book. Connect with your host, <a href="http://rhetoriclee.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lee Pierce</a>, on <a href="https://twitter.com/RhetoricLee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/rhetoricleespeaking" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/rhetoriclee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> @rhetoriclee for interview previews, the best book selfies, and new episode alerts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/language" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/language</a>

On this episode of the New Books Network, Dr. Lee Pierce (she/they) interviews Dr. Ruth Leys (she/hers), Professor Emeritus of Johns Hopkins University, on The Ascent of Affect: Genealogy and Critique (University of Chicago Press, 2017).In recent years, emotions have become a major, vibrant topic of research not merely in the biological and psychological sciences but throughout a wide swath of the humanities and social sciences as well. Yet, surprisingly, there is still no consensus on their basic nature or workings. Ruth Leys’s brilliant, much anticipated history, therefore, is a story of controversy and disagreement.The Ascent of Affect focuses on the post–World War II period, when interest in emotions as an object of study began to revive. Leys analyzes the ongoing debate over how to understand emotions, paying particular attention to the continual conflict between camps that argue for the intentionality or meaning of emotions but have trouble explaining their presence in non-human animals and those that argue for the universality of emotions but struggle when the question turns to meaning.Addressing the work of key figures from across the spectrum, considering the potentially misleading appeal of neuroscience for those working in the humanities, and bringing her story fully up to date by taking in the latest debates, Leys presents here the most thorough analysis available of how we have tried to think about how we feel.We hope you enjoyed listening as much as we enjoyed chatting about this fascinating book. Connect with your host, Lee Pierce, on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @rhetoriclee for interview previews, the best book selfies, and new episode alerts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

On this episode of the New Books Network, Dr. Lee Pierce (she/they) interviews Dr. <a href="https://compthoughtlit.jhu.edu/directory/ruth-leys/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ruth Leys</a> (she/hers), Professor Emeritus of Johns Hopkins University, on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ascent-Affect-Genealogy-Critique/dp/022648856X/?tag=newbooinhis-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Ascent of Affect: Genealogy and Critique</a> (University of Chicago Press, 2017).In recent years, emotions have become a major, vibrant topic of research not merely in the biological and psychological sciences but throughout a wide swath of the humanities and social sciences as well. Yet, surprisingly, there is still no consensus on their basic nature or workings. Ruth Leys’s brilliant, much anticipated history, therefore, is a story of controversy and disagreement.The Ascent of Affect focuses on the post–World War II period, when interest in emotions as an object of study began to revive. Leys analyzes the ongoing debate over how to understand emotions, paying particular attention to the continual conflict between camps that argue for the intentionality or meaning of emotions but have trouble explaining their presence in non-human animals and those that argue for the universality of emotions but struggle when the question turns to meaning.Addressing the work of key figures from across the spectrum, considering the potentially misleading appeal of neuroscience for those working in the humanities, and bringing her story fully up to date by taking in the latest debates, Leys presents here the most thorough analysis available of how we have tried to think about how we feel.We hope you enjoyed listening as much as we enjoyed chatting about this fascinating book. Connect with your host, <a href="http://rhetoriclee.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lee Pierce</a>, on <a href="https://twitter.com/RhetoricLee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/rhetoricleespeaking" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/rhetoriclee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> @rhetoriclee for interview previews, the best book selfies, and new episode alerts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society</a>