A Natural History of Human Emotions
A fresh and entertaining survey of the human emotional landscape-and how it has shifted over the centuries (Kirkus Reviews). Using Charles Darwin's survey of emotions as a starting point, Stuart Walton'sA Natural History of Human Emotionsexamines the history of each of our core emotions-fear, anger, disgust, sadness, jealousy, contempt, shame, embarrassment, surprise, and happiness-and how these emotions have influenced both cultural and social history. We learn that primitive fear served as the engine of religious belief, while a desire for happiness led to humankind's first musings on achieving a perfect utopia. Challenging the notion that…
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Weitere Autoren: de Botton, Alain
- ISBN: 978-1-55584-883-5
- EAN: 9781555848835
- Produktnummer: 21832808
- Verlag: Grove Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 436 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
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