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The Dark Side: Philosophical Reflections on the "Negative Emotions" (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
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The Dark Side: Philosophical Reflections on the "Negative Emotions" (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Series: Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind, 25
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This book takes the reader on a philosophical quest to understand
the dark side of emotions. The chapters are devoted to the analysis
of negative emotions and are organized in a historical manner,
spanning the period from ancient Greece to the present time. Each
chapter addresses analytical questions about specific emotions
generally considered to be unfavorable and classified as negative.
The general aim of the volume is to describe the polymorphous and
context-sensitive nature of negative emotions as well as changes in
the ways people have interpreted these emotions across different
epochs. The editors speak of 'the dark side of the emotions'
because their goal is to capture the ambivalent - unstable and
shadowy - aspects of emotions. A number of studies have taken the
categorial distinction between positive and negative emotions for
granted, suggesting that negative emotions are especially
significant for our psychological experience because they signal
difficult situations. For this reason, the editors stress the
importance of raising analytical questions about the valence of
particular emotions and focussing on the features that make these
emotions ambivalent: how - despite their negativity - such emotions
may turn out to be positive. This opens up a perspective in which
each emotion can be understood as a complex interlacing of negative
and positive properties. The collection presents a thoughtful
dialogue between philosophy and contemporary scientific research.
It offers the reader insight by illuminating the dark side of the
emotions.
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