Metaphor and Emotion - Language, Culture, and Body in Human Feeling (Hardcover)

Are human emotions best characterized as biological, psychological, or cultural entities? Many researchers claim that emotions arise either from human biology (i.e. biological reductionism) or as products of culture (i.e. social constructionism). This book challenges this simplistic division between the body and culture by showing how human emotions are to a large extent "constructed" from individuals' embodied experiences in different cultural settings. The view proposed here demonstrates how cultural aspects of emotions, metaphorical language about the emotions, and human physiology in emotion are all part of an intergrated system. It shows how this system points to the reconciliation of the seemingly contradictory views of biological reductionism and social constructionism in contemporary debates about human emotion.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction
Release date:	February 2000
First published:	2003
Authors:	Zoltan Koevecses
Dimensions:	236 x 161 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	242
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-64163-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General
LSN:	0-521-64163-2
Barcode:	9780521641630

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