Alchemies of the Mind - Rationality and the Emotions

Klappentext A comprehensive book on the emotions considering the full range of theoretical approaches. Zusammenfassung Jon Elster has written a comprehensive! wide-ranging book on the emotions in which he considers the full range of theoretical approaches. Drawing on history! literature! philosophy and psychology Elster presents a complete account of the role of the emotions in human behavior. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and acknowledgments; Part I. A Plea for Mechanisms: 1. Introduction; 2. Explaining by mechanisms; 3. Proverbial mechanisms; 4. Mechanisms in Montaigne; 5. Mechanisms in Tocqueville; 6. Some elementary mechanisms; 7. Molecular mechanisms; 8. From mechanisms to laws; 9. A plea for disaggregation; Part II. Emotions before Psychology: 1. Introduction; 2. Aristotle on the emotions; 3. The French moralists; 4. Emotion in literature; Part III. Social Emotions in Historical Context: 1. Introduction; 2. Shame and social norms; 3. Envy in social life; 4. Honor, duels, and feuds; Part IV. Rationality and the Emotions: 1. Introduction; 2. The nature of emotion; 3. Rationality and the emotions; Appendix; Part V. Alchemies of the Mind: 1. Introduction; 2. Transmutation; 3. Misrepresentation; Coda.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jon Elster, Elster Jon
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 28.11.1998
• EAN: 9780521644877
• ISBN: 978-0-521-64487-7
• Abmessung: 150 mm x 230 mm x 26 mm
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PSYCHOLOGY / Personality, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, Philosophy of Mind, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, The self, ego, identity, personality, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Social, group or collective psychology, Behavioural theory (Behaviourism), Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Behaviourism, Behavioural theory, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Behaviorism