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The Universality of Emotion

Perspectives from the Sciences and Humanities

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ID5771545
AuthorsBradley J Irish (0000-0002-8021-6359, corresponding author)
Year2025
Publication date2025-01-10
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Universality of Emotion (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/9781009442534
OpenAlexW4406204465
Open LibraryOL57747253M
ISBN9781009442534
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited458

Not supplied by the author. This Element surveys how a number of major disciplines − psychology, neuroscience, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, history, linguistics, and literary/cultural studies − have addressed the long-standing research question of whether human emotions should be thought of as meaningfully 'universal.' The Element presents both the universalist and anti-universalist positions, and concludes by considering attempts to move beyond this increasingly unhelpful binary

Binary opposition · Emotions and Moral Behavior · History of Emotions Research · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition

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