The subtlety of emotions / Aaron Ben-Ze?ev.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ben-Zeʼev, Aharon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Affect (Psychology).

Emotions.

Mood (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (628 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Annotation Why do we cry at the movies? What is the best way to manage destructive feelings such as jealousy? Although emotions pervade our lives, their nature, causes, and effects have only recently been studied by social scientists and philosophers. Despite growing scientific 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 on a variety of theoretical approaches and popular sources to produce a coherent account of emotions in all their subtlety. All of the ideas are illustrated with 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, pleasure-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.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I The Nature of Emotions

Chapter 1 The Complexity of Emotions

Chapter 2 What Is an Emotion?

Chapter 3 Basic Components

Chapter 4 The Affective Realm

Chapter 5 When Feelings Overflow-Emotional Intensity

Chapter 6 Rationality and Functionality

Chapter 7 Emotions and Imagination

Chapter 8 Everything Is Not under Control-Regulating the Emotions

Chapter 9 Emotions and Morality

Part II Analyzing Emotions

Chapter 10 Why Do We Feel Bad When You Feel Good?-Envy and Jealousy

Chapter 11 Why Do We Feel Bad When You Feel Bad?-Pity, Compassion, and Mercy

Chapter 12 Why Do We Feel Good No Matter What You Feel?-Happy-For and Pleasure-in-Others'-Misfortune

Chapter 13 When You Are Bad, I Am Mad-Anger, Hate, Disgust, and Contempt

Chapter 14 The Sweetest Emotions-Romantic Love and Sexual Desire

Chapter 15 Caring about Oneself-Happiness and Sadness

Chapter 16 Caring about Our Future-Hope and Fear

Chapter 17 Taking Account of Our Specific Deeds-Pride, Regret, Guilt, and Embarrassment

Chapter 18 Caring about the Self-Pridefulness and Shame

Chapter 19 Epilogue

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

"A Bradford book."

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-585-23906-1

1-282-09962-0

9786612099625

0-262-26806-X

OCLC:

44957265

Publisher Number:

9780262268066