Hard feelings : finding the wisdom in our darkest emotions / Daniel Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Daniel B., 1977- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emotions--Philosophy.

Emotions.

Guilt.

Jealousy.

Boredom.

Regret.

Despair.

Affect (Psychology)--Social aspects.

Affect (Psychology).

Emotions--History.

Emotions--Psychological aspects.

Discomfort (Psychology).

guilt.

envy.

Genre:

Informational works.

Physical Description:

239 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Other Title:

Finding the wisdom in our darkest emotions

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2026.

Summary:

"What if the emotions we fight hardest against--anger, shame, envy, regret, jealousy, annoyance, despair--are not enemies to be vanquished but essential guides to self-knowledge? When two birthday gifts--a centuries-old treatise on melancholy and a book of Bosch's hellscapes--arrived just months before the birth of Daniel Smith's second child, he began questioning our culture's dismissal of difficult feelings and his own lifelong struggle against these so-called "negative" emotions. Moving between intimate personal narrative and rich intellectual exploration, Smith investigates how our relationship with negative emotions has evolved through history--from the Seven Deadly Sins to modern psychology's sometimes equally damning classifications. He explores what science, psychology, art, and philosophy can and cannot tell us about the nature of emotion itself, challenging conventional wisdom about what our feelings really are and how they function."--Book jacket.

Contents:

The Gifts

The Morality of Emotions (A Brief History)

What is an Emotion?

Annoyance

Shame

Envy

Boredom

Regret

Despair

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781982103903

1982103906

OCLC:

1523199468

Publisher Number:

90104327470