Psychology: emotions

Amidst prevailing debates that construe rationality and emotionality as polar opposites, this book explores the manner in which emotions shape not only prevailing conceptions of rationality, but also culture in general terms, making room for us to speak of an 'emotional culture' specific to late-modern societies.

Amidst prevailing debates that construe rationality and emotionality as polar opposites, this book explores the manner in which emotions shape not only prevailing conceptions of rationality, but also culture in general terms, making room for us to speak of an 'emotional culture' specific to late-modern societies.

Undoubtedly Romantic love has come to saturate our culture and is often considered to be a, or even the, major existential goal of our lives, capable of providing us with both our sense of worth and way of being in the world.

Undoubtedly Romantic love has come to saturate our culture and is often considered to be a, or even the, major existential goal of our lives, capable of providing us with both our sense of worth and way of being in the world.

365 days, 365 ways to master mindfulness-a guide for beginnersStart your journey to living better, being present, and acting with intention today.

An exploration of emotional life in the West, considering the varieties, transformations and constants of human emotions over eleven centuries.

An exploration of emotional life in the West, considering the varieties, transformations and constants of human emotions over eleven centuries.

An intriguing discussion of the nature of hate and how hate manifests itself in the real world.

Mary Douglas's seminal work Purity and Danger (Routledge, 1966) continues to be indispensable reading for both students and scholars today.

Mary Douglas's seminal work Purity and Danger (Routledge, 1966) continues to be indispensable reading for both students and scholars today.

Why do we dream?

Why do we dream?

Actionable tools and insights that are essential to unlocking your potential Oscar Munoz, former CEO of United AirlinesIn his groundbreaking bestseller Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman revolutionized how we think about intelligence.

Shame and Creativity: From Affect Towards Individuation is about shame and the ways in which we can use creative methods to transform shame into a lifelong process of self-development.

Shame and Creativity: From Affect Towards Individuation is about shame and the ways in which we can use creative methods to transform shame into a lifelong process of self-development.

Eva Rass, a leading expert on the work of Allan Schore, presents a collection that provides an overview of his core ideas and makes accessible the evolution of his thought.

Why is performing under pressure often so difficult?

Why is performing under pressure often so difficult?

Mourning the Dreams is an accessible and moving account of parents' experiences of grief and recovery after losing an infant during pregnancy, childbirth, or within the first month of life.

Mourning the Dreams is an accessible and moving account of parents' experiences of grief and recovery after losing an infant during pregnancy, childbirth, or within the first month of life.

This book addresses psychological studies of humour in Chinese societies.

This book addresses psychological studies of humour in Chinese societies.

Many midwives will care for women who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA), whether these women disclose this or not.

Doctors, midwives and other professionals entering the field of postnatal care frequently feel ill-prepared for the task, and a lack of accessible and relevant learning resources can leave learning on the job as the only realistic option.

First published in 1972, this work pursues the question 'what is comedy?

First published in 1972, this work pursues the question 'what is comedy?

The concept of death, particularly violent death, is prevalent throughout the writings of Paul the Apostle.

The concept of death, particularly violent death, is prevalent throughout the writings of Paul the Apostle.

Emerging research on the subject of happinessa "e;in psychology, economics, and public policya "e;reawakens and breathes new life into long-standing philosophical questions about happiness (e.

Emerging research on the subject of happinessa "e;in psychology, economics, and public policya "e;reawakens and breathes new life into long-standing philosophical questions about happiness (e.

Are you plagued by negative thinking, indecision and guilt?

The memory of the tragic experience of being raped when I was 14 years old never goes away.

Noch im hohen Alter geistig fit zu sein – wünschen wir uns das nicht alle?

This book argues that the science of reasoning will prove most useful if focused on studying what human reasoning does best - understanding people.

Many midwives will care for women who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA), whether these women disclose this or not.

This book defines political ideology as a structural force that combines ideas, emotion, and people for the purpose of transforming political discourse.

Empathy has provoked equal measures of excitement and controversy in recent years.

This book studies the role of emotions, such as anger, anxiety, and enthusiasm, across various domains of political behavior in Turkey.

This book illustrates how intimate workers in different socio-cultural contexts negotiate the commercial uses of their sexuality, identity, affect, and bodies, thereby often defying inequality, impoverishment,  and resource depletion in their regions.

This book draws on original material and approaches from the developing fields of the history of emotions and childhood studies and brings together scholars from history, literature and cultural studies, to reappraise how the early modern world reacted to the deaths of children.

This book explores changes in emotional cultures of the early modern battlefield.

This book explores, from a leisure studies perspective, the central role that leisure has to play in positive psychology, exploring themes such as flow, fulfilment, altruism, well-being, and interpersonal relationships.

This book explores the construct of empathy and its connection with education.

Self-esteem is a concept which everybody experiences but there is conceptual confusion between self-feelings and self-conceptions.

Therapy and Emotions in Film and Television explores, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the shifts in our emotional preferences, styles, and 'emotional regimes' in western societies from the 1920s to today, as viewed through the lens of film and television.

Ich kann mich noch genau an mein erstes Studentenzimmer erinnern.

This volume extends the theoretical scope of the important concept of empathy by analysing not only the cultural contexts that foster the generating of empathy, but in focusing also on the limits of pro-social feelings and the mechanisms that lead to its blocking.

Throughout the chapters, the authors take readers through the various uses of technology.

Bringing together leading historians, anthropologists, and religionists, this volume examines the unbridled passions of witchcraft from the Middle Ages to the present.