Feelings and Emotions The Amsterdam Symposium [Paperback]

This book provides an overview of the status of emotion theory.This book contains papers by 24 of the most eminent researchers on emotion from psychology, neuroscience, sociology, philosophy, and economics. Its main purpose is to provide an overview of the current status of emotion theory, at the turn of the century, by means of up-to-date views on the nature of feelings and emotions, basic processes involved in feelings and emotions, the role of pleasure, feelings and emotions in a sociocultural context, and the relationships between emotions and morality.This book contains papers by 24 of the most eminent researchers on emotion from psychology, neuroscience, sociology, philosophy, and economics. Its main purpose is to provide an overview of the current status of emotion theory, at the turn of the century, by means of up-to-date views on the nature of feelings and emotions, basic processes involved in feelings and emotions, the role of pleasure, feelings and emotions in a sociocultural context, and the relationships between emotions and morality.Twenty-four of the most eminent researchers on emotion from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, sociology, philosophy, and economics provide an overview of the current status of emotion theory at the turn of the century. Their essays encompass up-to-date views on the nature of feelings and emotions; basic processes involved in feelings and emotions; the role of pleasure, feelings and emotions in a sociocultural context; and the relationships between emotions and morality.1. Introduction Anthony S. R. Manstead, Nico H. Frijda and A. H. Fischer; Part I. The Nature of Feelings and Emotions: 2. On the passivity of the passions Robert C. Solomon; 3. Emotions and rationality Jon Elster; 4. Emotions and feelings: a neurobiological perspective Antonio R. Damasio; 5. The concept of an evolved fear Arne Ohman and Stefan Wiens; 6. Deconstructing emotions for the sake of comparative research Richard A. Shweder; 7. From the emotil3+