Strong feelings : emotion, addiction, and human behavior / Jon Elster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elster, Jon, 1940-

Series:

Jean Nicod lectures ; 1997.

Jean Nicod lectures ; 1997

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emotions.

Addicts--Psychology.

Addicts.

Compulsive behavior--Etiology.

Compulsive behavior.

Substance abuse--Etiology.

Substance abuse.

Choice (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book is organized around parallel analyses of emotion and addiction in order to bring out similarities as well as differences. Elster's study sheds fresh light on the generation of human behavior, ultimately revealing how cognition, choice, and rationality are undermined by the physical processes that underlie strong emotions and cravings. This book will be of particular interest to those studying the variety of human motivations who are dissatisfied with the prevailing reductionisms.

Contents:

Contents; Series Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 - Introduction; 2 - Emotion; 3 - Addiction; 4 - Culture, Emotion, and Addiction; 5 - Choice, Emotion, and Addiction; 6 - Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

"A Bradford book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-245) and index.

ISBN:

0-262-26254-1

0-262-27231-8

0-585-07773-8

OCLC:

881683940