Emotions across Cultures
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Herausgegeben von:
David Konstan
Über dieses Buch
It is now recognized that emotions have a history. In this book, eleven scholars examine a variety of emotions in ancient China and classical Greece, in their historical and social context. A general introduction presents the major issues in the analysis of emotions across cultures and over time in a given tradition. Subsequent chapters consider how specific emotions evolve and change. For example, whereas for early Chinese thinkers, worry was a moral defect, it was later celebrated as a sign that one took responsibility for things. In ancient Greece, hope did not always focus on a positive outcome, and in this respect differed from what we call “hope.” Daring not to do, or “undaring,” was itself an emotional value in early China. While Aristotle regarded the inability to feel anger as servile, the Roman Stoic Seneca rejected anger entirely. Hatred and revenge were encouraged at one moment in China and repressed at another. Ancient Greek responses to tragedy do not map directly onto modern emotional registers, and yet are similar to classical Chinese and Indian descriptions. There are differences in the very way emotions are conceived. This book will speak to anyone interested in the many ways that human beings feel.
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Comparing Emotions Historically David Konstan Open Access PDF downloaden |
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Zhao Lu Open Access PDF downloaden |
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Douglas Cairns Open Access PDF downloaden |
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Michael Nylan und Trenton Wilson Open Access PDF downloaden |
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Randolph Ford Open Access PDF downloaden |
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Yang Hua Open Access PDF downloaden |
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Stavroula Kiritsi Open Access PDF downloaden |
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John T. Kirby Open Access PDF downloaden |
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Yiqun Zhou Open Access PDF downloaden |
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Curie Virág Open Access PDF downloaden |
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