Phenomenology of emotions : perspectives from philosophy, psychopathology, and psychotherapy / edited by Hannes Gustav Melichar, Philipp Schmidt-Boddy, Thomas Fuchs, Christian Tewes

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Melichar, Hannes Gustav, 1984- editor.

Schmidt-Boddy, Philipp, 1984- editor.

Fuchs, Thomas, 1958- editor.

Tewes, Christian, 1972- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Phenomenological psychology.

Emotions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"This volume explores the interrelations between emotions, embodiment, and vulnerability through a phenomenological perspective. Scholars of philosophy, psychology, and psychiatry investigate how the fragilities of embodied existence shape emotions, how these vulnerabilities become visible in psychopathological conditions, and how they figure in therapeutic contexts. A central theme is that emotions can be understood as experiences lived through and enacted – not merely endured – showing them as fundamental to human selfhood and agency. Integrating phenomenological analyses with clinical insights, the text illuminates fluid boundaries between ordinary and pathological emotional experience. Across twenty-one chapters contributed by established researchers, this book builds a framework for understanding how emotions reveal and modulate human vulnerability"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Emotions and vulnerability : phenomenology, psychopathology, and psychotherapy / Hannes Gustav Melichar, Philipp Schmidt-Boddy, Thomas Fuchs, and Christian Tewes

Experiencing ourselves emotionally / Matthew Ratcliffe

Agency in emotion / Jan Slaby

Desire : objects, interests, and temporal dimensions / Sara Heinämaa

Living without emotions : emotional numbness and emotional detachment / Natalie Depraz

The emotions of racist encounters : a phenomenological analysis through our levels of constitution / Lanei M. Rodemeyer

On the phenomenology of hatred / Thomas Fuchs

Injustice, aggression, and embitterment / Michael Linden

This body is not mine : shame, invalidation, and the vulnerabilities of functional neurological disorder / Kevin Aho

Feeling home in habits? On embodiment, narrativity, and affectivity in dementia / Erik N. Dzwiza-Ohlsen

Vulnerability and emotional abilities : the case of narcissism / Philipp Schmidt-Boddy

Temporal embedding of borderline self-experience as a foundation for felt vulnerability / Anna Sterna and Marcin Moskalewicz

Bipolar disorder, affective habits, and authenticity / Michelle Maiese

Phenomenology meets the double empathy problem : embodied empathy, vulnerability, and emotions in autism / Christian Tewes

Affect and time : on the worldly origins of schizophrenic vulnerability / John J. Sykes, Francesca Fotia Sykes, and Tom Froese

Self-patterns and affective atmospheres in psychiatry / Shaun Gallagher

Affective vulnerability and affective suffering : a phenomenology of painful emotions / Florian Schmidsberger

Emotions and schizophrenia : their alienating, transformative, and healing potential / Borut Škodlar

Digital deathlessness : emotions and AI griefbots in pathological grief / Joel Krueger

Transformative trust : interpersonal autonomy, affectivity, and vulnerability in trust and its relevance for psychotherapy / Hannes Gustav Melichar and Daniel Vespermann

Absorbing and broadcasting : body movement’s role in emotional experiences and the resulting implications for psychotherapy / Christine Caldwell

Empathy as the emotional basis of a therapeutic relationship / Philippe Cabestan

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed July 15, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Phenomenology of emotions

ISBN:

9781009627269

1009627260

OCLC:

1573376491

Publisher Number:

CIPO000404178

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license