Feelings and Emotions: The Amsterdam Symposium (Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521521017 ISBN 13: 9780521521017

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

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.

About the Author:

Agneta Fischer is a professor in the Department of Social Psychology at the University of Amsterdam.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0521521017
• ISBN 13: 9780521521017
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 504
• Editor: Manstead Antony S. R., Frijda Nico, Fischer Agneta