From Passions to Emotions: The Creation of a Secular Psychological Category

by Thomas Dixon

Book Overview

Until two centuries ago the emotions did not exist. Thomas Dixon reveals in this study how emotions came into being as a distinct psychological category. They replaced such concepts as appetites, passions, sentiments and affections, which had preoccupied thinkers as diverse as Augustine, Aquinas, Hume, and Darwin. The book is a significant original contribution to the debate which has preoccupied western thinkers across many disciplines in recent decades.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521026695
• ISBN13: 9780521026697
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"