Edited by David Rondel and Samir Chopra - Contributions by Michael S. Brady; Deborah J. Brown; Samir Chopra; Ian Dowbiggen; Leah Kalmanson; Charlie Kurth; Michelle Maiese; Massimo Pigliucci; Jesse Prinz; David Rondel; Mauro Rossi; Christine Tappolet and J

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Moral Psychology of Anxiety by David Rondel and Samir Chopra

Part I: Anxiety in the History of Philosophy

Chapter 1: The Moral Psychology of Anxiety: A Stoic Perspective by Massimo Pigliucci

Chapter 2: Not a Moment of Worry: Confucian Views on the Value of Anxiety by Leah Kalmanson

Chapter 3: Anxiety, Curiosity, and the Fracturing of the Self: Descartes and Princess Elisabeth by Deborah J. Brown

Chapter 4: The Anguish of Ivan Karamazov by Christine Tappolet and Mauro Rossi

Chapter 5: Prescription for Anxiety: A Sociohistorical Analysis by Ian Dowbiggen

Part II: The Nature and Meaning of Anxiety

Chapter 6: Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Natural, Normative, or Neither? by Jesse Prinz

Chapter 7: Social Anxiety, Affordances, and Habitual Trust by Michelle Maiese

Chapter 8: Moral Anxiety: A Kantian Perspective by Charlie Kurth

Chapter 9: The Epistemic Virtue of Anxiety by Juliette Vazard

Chapter 10: Anxiety's Allure by Michael S. Brady

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About the Contributors

The Moral Psychology of Anxiety brings a variety of disciplinary perspectives to examine anxiety, providing historical context and incorporating recent advances in philosophical and psychological research on anxiety's nature, causes, and consequences and on its possible benefits, virtuous aspects, and role in human inquiry.