The Subtlety of Emotions
81: MIT Press, 2000. Hardcover. Text in English. 611 pp. Price sticker at the back of the dust jacket.
Why do we cry at the movies? What is the best way
to manage destructive feelings such as jcalousy? Although emotions pervade our lives, their nature, causes, and and effects have only recently been studied by social scientists and philosophers. Despite growing scientifie interest in the subject, empirical findings have not yet caught up with our intuitive knowledge. In this book Aaron Ben-Ze'ev carries out what he calls "a careful search for general patterns in the primeval jungle of emotions." In an engaging, informal style he draws variety of theoretical approaches and popular sources on a to produce a coherent account of emotions in all their subtlety. All of the ideas are illustrated with examples examples drawn from everyday life.
The book is organized into two parts. The first presents an overall conceptual framework for understanding emotions. It looks at the typical characteristics and components of emotions, distinguishes emotions from other affective phenomena, classifies the emotions, and covers such related issues as emotional intelligence, regulating emotions, and emotions and morality. The second part discusses individual emotions, including envy, jealousy, plea- sure in-others'-misfortune, pity, compassion, anger, hate, disgust, love, sexual desire, happiness, sadness, pride, regret, and shame. The text is laced with insightful and often amusing quotations from sources ranging from Mae West to Montesquieu. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #3551
ISBN: 9780262024631
Price: $30.00