How to Do Things with Emotions: The Morality of Anger and Shame Across Cultures

by Owen J. Flanagan

Book Overview

An expansive look at how culture shapes our emotions--and how we can benefit, as individuals and a society, from less anger and more shame

The world today is full of anger. Everywhere we look, we see values clashing and tempers rising, in ways that seem frenzied, aimless, and cruel. At the same time, we witness political leaders and others who lack any sense of shame, even as they display carelessness with the truth and the common...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691220999
• ISBN13: 9780691220994
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"