Metaphor and Emotion: Language, Culture, and Body in Human Feeling

by Zolt N K Vecses

Book Overview

Many researchers claim that emotions arise either from human biology (i.e., biological reductionism) or as products of culture (i.e., social constructionism). Are human emotions best characterized as biological, psychological, or cultural entities? Zoltan Kovecses demonstrates how cultural aspects, metaphorical language, and human physiology are part of an integrated system. This book challenges the simplistic division between the body and culture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521541468
• ISBN13: 9780521541466
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 8.9"