Un-Willing: An Inquiry Into the Rise of Willa's Power and an Attempt to Undo It

by Eva Brann

Since ancient times, philosophers have written about "the will." But the will is more than a philosophic and scholarly topic. In our everyday speech, what do we mean when we speak of the "will"? Will-words turn up everywhere in the English language. We make wills. We exert our willpower. We are willful at times but merely willing at others. Above all, will is there a hundred times a day, when we use the auxiliary verb "will"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 158988096X
• ISBN13: 9781589880962
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Paul Dry Books
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"