Not Passion's Slave: Emotions and Choice

by Robert C. Solomon

Book Overview

The idea that we are in some significant sense responsible for our emotions is an idea that Robert Solomon has developed for almost three decades. Here, in a single volume, he traces the development of this theory of emotions and elaborate it in detail. Two themes run through his work: the first presents a "cognitive" theory of emotions in which emotions are construed primarily as evaluative judgments. The second proposes an "existentialist" perspective...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195179781
• ISBN13: 9780195179781
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"