Emotion Theory: The Routledge Comprehensive Guide: Volume I: History, Contemporary Theories, and Key Elements

ISBN-13: 9781138676688 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 624 str.

Andrea Scarantino

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Emotion Theory: The Routledge Comprehensive Guide is the first interdisciplinary reference resource which authoritatively takes stock of the progress made both in the philosophy of emotions and in the affective sciences from Ancient Greece to today. A two-volume landmark publication, it provides an overview of emotion theory unrivaled in terms of its comprehensiveness, accessibility and systematicity. Comprising 62 chapters by 101 leading emotion theorists in philosophy, classics, psychology, biology, psychiatry, neuroscience and sociology, the collection is organized as follows: VOLUME I 1. History of Emotion Theory (10 chapters) 2. Contemporary Theories of Emotions (10 chapters) 3. The Elements of Emotion Theory (7 chapters) VOLUME II 4. Nature and Functions of 35 Specific Emotions (22 chapters) 5. Challenges Facing Emotion Theory (13 chapters) Special Elicitors of Emotions Emotions and their Relations to Other Elements of Mental Architecture Emotions in Children, Animals and Groups Normative Aspects of Emotions Most of the major themes of contemporary emotion theory are covered in their historical, philosophical and scientific dimensions. This collection will be essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, sociology, anthropology, political science, and history for decades to come.

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Introduction to Volume I: History, Theoretical Options, Challenges
Andrea Scarantino

Part I: History of Emotion Theory

1. Emotion Theory in Ancient Greece and Rome
Pia Campeggiani and David Konstan

2. Emotion Theory in Ancient and Classical India, from 500 BCE to 1200 CE
Maria Heim

3. Emotion Theory in Early and Medieval China, from 500 BCE to 1200 CE
Virag Curie

4. Emotion Theory in the Middle Ages
Simo Knuuttila

5. Emotion Theory in the Renaissance
Sabrina Ebbersmeyer

6. Emotion Theory in the 17^th Century
Lisa Shapiro

7. Emotion Theory in the 18^th Century
Eric Wilson

8. Emotion Theory in the 19th Century at the Rise of Scientific Psychology
Rainer Reisenzein

9. Emotion Theory in the 19^th and 20^th Century Phenomenological Tradition
Ingrid Vendrell-Ferran

10. Emotion Theory in the First Half of the 20th Century
Anna Kennedy and Keith Oatley

Part II: Contemporary Theories of Emotions

11. An Overview of Contemporary Theories of Emotions in Philosophy
Michael Brady

12. An Overview of Contemporary Theories of Emotions in Psychology
Agnes Moors

13. An Overview of Contemporary Theories of Emotions in Neuroscience
Stephan Hamann

14. An Overview of Contemporary Theories of Emotions in Sociology
Kathryn Lively

15. Basic and Discrete Emotion Theories
Michelle Shiota

16. Appraisal Theories of Emotions
Phoebe Ellsworth

17. Constructionist Theories of Emotion in Psychology and Neuroscience
Lisa Barrett and Tsiona Lida

18. Social Constructionist Theories of Emotions
Batja Mesquita and Brian Parkinson

19. Cognitivist Theories of Emotions in Philosophy and Affective Science
Bennett Helm

20. Motivational Theories of Emotions in Philosophy and Affective Science
Andrea Scarantino

Part III: The Elements of Emotion Theory

21. Are Emotions Events, Processes, Mechanisms or Dispositions?
Hichem Naar

22. Is Emotion Physiology More Compatible with Discrete, Dimensional or Appraisal Accounts?
Bruce Friedman and Julian Thayer

23. Can Brain Data Be Used to Arbitrate Between Emotion Theories?
Philip Kragel, David Sander, Kevin LaBar

24. What Do Nonverbal Expressions Tell Us About Emotion?
Disa Sauter and Jim Russell

25. Which Emotional Behaviors are Actions?
Jean Moritz Müller and Hong Yu Wong

26. Emotional Experience: What Is It and What Is It For?
Richard Dub

27. How Should We Understand Valence, Arousal and Their Relation?
Giovanna Colombetti and Peter Kuppens

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Andrea Scarantino is Professor of Philosophy at Georgia State University, where he has taught since 2005. He has published more than 40 papers on emotions, on information, on computation, and on communication.