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Loneliness and the Emotional Experience of Absence

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ID8091586
AuthorsTom Roberts (0009-0007-3478-8261, corresponding author), Joachim Krueger (0000-0003-0931-1596), Joel Krueger
Year2020
Volume59
Issue2
Pages185-204
Publication date2020-10-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Southern Journal of Philosophy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-4283 • E-ISSN: 2041-6962
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/sjp.12387
OpenAlexW3048720115
LanguageEN
Citations received27
References cited37

In this paper, we develop an analysis of the structure and content of loneliness. We argue that this is an emotion of absence —an affective state in which certain social goods are regarded as out of reach for the subject of experience. By surveying the range of social goods that appear to be missing from the lonely person's perspective, we see what it is that can make this emotional condition so subjectively awful for those who undergo it, including the profound sense of being unable to realize oneself, in collaboration with others

Cognitive psychology · Loneliness · Perspective (graphical · State (computer science · Subject (documents · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Critical Realism in Sociology · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence · Social Psychology

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Citations per year5,4
Citation span2021 - 2026 (6)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
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