The Emotion Theory:The Routledge Comprehensive Guide:Volume I:History, Contemporary Theories, and Key Elements (Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy)

by: Andrea Scarantino (Editor)

Publisher: Routledge

Edition: 1st

Publication Date: 2024/7/23

Language: English

Print Length: 642 pages

ISBN-10: 1138676683

ISBN-13: 9781138676688

Book Description

Emotion Theory:The Routledge Comprehensive Guide is the first interdisciplinary reference resource which authoritatively takes stock of the progress made both in the philosophy of emotions and in affective science from Ancient Greece to today. A two-volume landmark publication, it provides an overview of emotion theory unrivaled in terms of its comprehensiveness, accessibility and systematicity.Comprising 62 chapters by 101 leading emotion theorists in philosophy, classics, psychology, biology, psychiatry, neuroscience and sociology, the collection is organized as follows:Volume I:Part I:History of Emotion Theory (10 chapters)Part II:Contemporary Theories of Emotions (10 chapters)Part III:The Elements of Emotion Theory (7 chapters)Volume II:Part IV:Nature and Functions of 35 Specific Emotions (22 chapters)Part V:Challenges Facing Emotion Theory (13 chapters)Special Elicitors of EmotionsEmotions and Their Relations to Other Elements of Mental ArchitectureEmotions in Children, Animals and GroupsNormative Aspects of EmotionsMost of the major themes of contemporary emotion theory are covered in their historical, philosophical, and scientific dimensions. This collection will be essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, sociology, anthropology, political science, and history for decades to come.

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Emotion Theory:The Routledge Comprehensive Guide is the first interdisciplinary reference resource which authoritatively takes stock of the progress made both in the philosophy of emotions and in affective science from Ancient Greece to today. A two-volume landmark publication, it provides an overview of emotion theory unrivaled in terms of its comprehensiveness, accessibility and systematicity.Comprising 62 chapters by 101 leading emotion theorists in philosophy, classics, psychology, biology, psychiatry, neuroscience and sociology, the collection is organized as follows:Volume I:Part I:History of Emotion Theory (10 chapters)Part II:Contemporary Theories of Emotions (10 chapters)Part III:The Elements of Emotion Theory (7 chapters)Volume II:Part IV:Nature and Functions of 35 Specific Emotions (22 chapters)Part V:Challenges Facing Emotion Theory (13 chapters)Special Elicitors of EmotionsEmotions and Their Relations to Other Elements of Mental ArchitectureEmotions in Children, Animals and GroupsNormative Aspects of EmotionsMost of the major themes of contemporary emotion theory are covered in their historical, philosophical, and scientific dimensions. This collection will be essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, sociology, anthropology, political science, and history for decades to come.