The story of our lives is the story of our passions. We fall in love, we are gripped by scientific curiosity and religious fervor, we fear death and grieve for others, we humble ourselves in envy, jealousy, and resentment. In this remarkable book, Robert Solomon shares his fascination with the emotions and illuminates our passions in an exciting new way.
The story of our lives is the story of our passions. We fall in love, we are gripped by scientific curiosity and religious fervor, we fear death and grieve for others, we humble ourselves in envy, jealousy, and resentment. In this remarkable book, Robert Solomon shares his fascination with the emotions and illuminates our passions in an exciting new way.
Robert C. Solomon is Quincy Lee Centennial Professor of Business and Philosophy and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. A past president of the International Society for Research on Emotions, he is the author of more than forty books, including The Passions, The Joy of Philosophy, Spirituality for the Skeptic, Not Passion's Slave and In Defense of Sentimentality (Volumes 1 and 2 of a three-volume series, The Passionate Life ). He lectures and gives seminars around the world and has done several video and audio 'Superstar Teacher' courses for the Teaching Company.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Emotional Strategies: An Existentialist Perspective 1: Anger as a Way of Engaging the World 2: Why It Is Good to Be Afraid 3: Varieties of Fear and Anger: Emotions and Moods 4: Lessons of Love (and Platos Symposium) 5: We Are Not Alone: Compassion and Sympathy 6: Extremes of Emotion: Grief, Laughter, and Happiness 7: Self-Reproach in Guilt, Shame, and Pride 8: Nasty Emotions: Envy, Spite, Jealousy, Resentment, and Vengeance Part II: Toward a General Theory: Myths about Emotions 9: What an Emotion Theory Should Do 10: Myth 1: Emotions Are Ineffable 11: Myth 2: Emotions Are Feelings 12: Myth 3: The Hydraulic Model 13: Myth 4: Emotions Are in the Mind 14: Myth 5: Emotions Are Stupid (They Have No Intelligence) 15: Myth 6: Two Flavors of Emotion, Positive and Negative 16: Myth 7: Emotions Are Irrational 17: Myth 8: Emotions Happen to Us (They Are Passions) Part III: The Ethics of Emotion: A Quest for Emotional Integrity 18: Emotions as Evaluative Judgments 19: Emotions, Self, and Consciousness 20: Emotional Experience (Feelings) 21: The Universality of Emotions: Evolution and the Human Condition 22: Emotions Across Cultures 23: Happiness, Spirituality, and Emotional Integrity Annotated Bibliography Index
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Emotional Strategies: An Existentialist Perspective 1: Anger as a Way of Engaging the World 2: Why It Is Good to Be Afraid 3: Varieties of Fear and Anger: Emotions and Moods 4: Lessons of Love (and Platos Symposium) 5: We Are Not Alone: Compassion and Sympathy 6: Extremes of Emotion: Grief, Laughter, and Happiness 7: Self-Reproach in Guilt, Shame, and Pride 8: Nasty Emotions: Envy, Spite, Jealousy, Resentment, and Vengeance Part II: Toward a General Theory: Myths about Emotions 9: What an Emotion Theory Should Do 10: Myth 1: Emotions Are Ineffable 11: Myth 2: Emotions Are Feelings 12: Myth 3: The Hydraulic Model 13: Myth 4: Emotions Are in the Mind 14: Myth 5: Emotions Are Stupid (They Have No Intelligence) 15: Myth 6: Two Flavors of Emotion, Positive and Negative 16: Myth 7: Emotions Are Irrational 17: Myth 8: Emotions Happen to Us (They Are Passions) Part III: The Ethics of Emotion: A Quest for Emotional Integrity 18: Emotions as Evaluative Judgments 19: Emotions, Self, and Consciousness 20: Emotional Experience (Feelings) 21: The Universality of Emotions: Evolution and the Human Condition 22: Emotions Across Cultures 23: Happiness, Spirituality, and Emotional Integrity Annotated Bibliography Index
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