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From Passions to Emotions

The Creation of a Secular Psychological Category

by Thomas Dixon (university Of Cambridge)

  • Hardback
  • 300 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2.1 cm

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Today there is a thriving 'emotions industry' to which philosophers, psychologists and neuroscientists are contributing. Yet until two centuries ago 'the emotions' did not exist. In this path-breaking study Thomas Dixon shows how, during the nineteenth century, the emotions came into being as a distinct psychological category, replacing existing categories such as appetites, passions, sentiments and affections. By examining medieval and eighteenth-century theological psychologies and placing Charles Darwin and William James within a broader and more complex nineteenth-century setting, Thomas Dixon argues that this domination by one single descriptive category is not healthy. Overinclusivity of 'the emotions' hampers attempts to argue with any subtlety about the enormous range of mental states and stances of which humans are capable. This book is an important contribution to the debate about emotion and rationality which has preoccupied western thinkers throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and has implications for contemporary debates.
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Science and Religion: A Very Short IntroductionFrom Passions to Emotions

  • Author

    Thomas Dixon (university Of Cambridge)

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    June 2003

  • Weight

    609g

  • Page Count

    300

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521827294

  • ISBN-10

    0521827299

  • Eden Code

    1192269

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