Negative emotions are familiar enough, but they have rarely been a topic of study in their own right. This volume brings together fourteen chapters on negative emotions, written in a highly accessible style for non-specialists and specialists alike. It starts with chapters on general issues raised by negative emotions, such as the nature of valence, the theoretical implications of nasty emotions, the role of negative emotions in fiction, as well as the puzzles raised by ambivalent and mixed emotions. The second part of the volume consists of studies of specific emotional phenomena, ranging from the emotion of being moved and the sense of uncanniness to jealousy, hatred, shame, contempt, anxiety, and grief.
| ISBN: | 9781138689695 |
| Publication date: | 24th January 2018 |
| Author: | Christine Tappolet |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 158 pages |
| Genres: |
Cognition and cognitive psychology Psychology: emotions Psychotherapy Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology Philosophy: aesthetics Ethics and moral philosophy |