Emotions: A Brief History - Softcover

Oatley, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405113154 ISBN 13: 9781405113151

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004

Synopsis

Emotions: A Brief History investigates the history of emotions across cultures as well as the evolutionary history of emotions and of emotional development across an individual's life span. In clear and accessible language, Keith Oatley examines key topics such as emotional intelligence, emotion and the brain, and emotional disorders. Throughout, he interweaves three themes: the changes that emotions have undergone from the past to the present, the extent to which we are able to control our emotions, and the ways in which emotions help us discern the deeper layers of ourselves and our relationships.

About this title

Book Description:

Emotions explores the history of emotions in western and other cultures as well as the evolutionary history of emotions and the history of emotional development across an individual's lifespan. The book discusses key topics such as emotional intelligence, emotion and the brain, and emotional disorders in a clear and accessible fashion. Throughout the book, three themes are interwoven: the changes that human emotions have undergone from the past to the present, the extent to which we can control our emotions, and the ways in which emotions offer us understandings of the deeper layers of ourselves and our relationships with others.

About the Author:

Keith Oatley is Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Toronto. He is the author of more than 120 journal articles and chapters and five books, including Understanding Emotions (Blackwell, 1996).

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1405113154
• ISBN 13: 9781405113151
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208