1st Edition

Emotions in Ideal Human Development

Edited By Leonard Cirillo, Barnard Kaplan Copyright 1989
184 Pages
by Psychology Press

184 Pages
by Psychology Press

184 Pages
by Psychology Press

Derived from a conference sponsored by the Heinz Werner Institute for Developmental Analysis at Clark University, these papers consider the role emotions play in ideal human development. Contributors from the fields of psychology, philosophy, and sociology discuss the place that "feelings," "affect," "passion," and "emotion" should ideally occupy in human existence and how realization of this... Read more
Contents: J. de Rivera, Choice of Emotion and Ideal Development. H.B. Lewis, Some Thoughts on the Moral Emotions of Shame and Guilt. M. Lewis, What Do We Mean When We Say Emotional Development? T.R. Sarbin, Emotions as Situated Actions. T.J. Scheff, Emotions and Understanding: Toward a Theory and Method. R.C. Solomon, Emotions, Philosophy, and the Self. General Discussion. Epilogue.

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Leonard Cirillo, Barnard Kaplan, Seymour Wapner

"The book is appropriate both as an introduction to the different approaches to emotion and as a more advanced treatment of issues and controversies in the study of emotion."
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