The Universality of Emotion

Perspectives from the Sciences and Humanities

Bradley J Irish author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:6th Feb '25

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This Element reviews how disciplines from across the sciences and humanities have approached the question: are human emotions 'universal'?

This Element surveys how a number of major disciplines − psychology, neuroscience, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, history, linguistics, and literary/cultural studies − have addressed the long-standing research question of whether human emotions should be thought of as meaningfully universal.Not supplied by the author. This Element surveys how a number of major disciplines − psychology, neuroscience, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, history, linguistics, and literary/cultural studies − have addressed the long-standing research question of whether human emotions should be thought of as meaningfully 'universal.' The Element presents both the universalist and anti-universalist positions, and concludes by considering attempts to move beyond this increasingly unhelpful binary.

ISBN: 9781009442510

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102 pages