A natural history of human emotions
1st Grove Press ed.
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Author
Publication
2004 - Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
102,500 words, Guess
Page Count
410 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivenaturalhistoryof0000walt
- ISBN-100802118046
- ISBN-139780802118042
- LibraryThing379871
- Goodreads6856508
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- Library of Congress Control Number2005046171
- OCLC Control Number59360202
- Better World Books9780802118042
- Open LibraryOL15599882M
Classifications
- LCCBF531 .W35 2004
- LCCBF531.W35 2005
Description
"Using Charles Darwin's survey of emotions as a starting point, Stuart Wilson's A Natural History of Human Emotions examines 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 human emotion has remained constant, A Natural History of Human Emotions explains why in the last 250 years, society has changed its unwritten rules for what can be expressed in public and in private. Our private lives have benefited from greater emotional honesty, while some emotions, such as anger, now seem to dominate public discourse."--BOOK JACKET
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