{"product_id":"the-subtlety-of-emotions","title":"The Subtlety of Emotions","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn informal yet rigorous exploration of human emotions in all their complexity and subtlety. Why do we cry at the movies? What is the best way to manage destructive feelings such as jealousy? Although emotions pervade our lives  their nature  causes  and effects have only recently been studied by social scientists and philosophers. Despite growing scientific interest in the subject  empirical findings have not yet caught up with our intuitive knowledge. In this book Aaron Ben-Zeev carries out what he calls \"a careful search for general patterns in the primeval jungle of emotions.\" In an engaging  informal style he draws on a variety of theoretical approaches and popular sources to produce a coherent account of emotions in all their subtlety. All of the ideas are illustrated with examples drawn from everyday life. The book is organized into two parts. The first presents an overall conceptual framework for understanding emotions. It looks at the typical characteristics and components of emotions  distinguishes emotions from other affective phenomena  classifies the emotions  and covers such related issues as emotional intelligence  regulating emotions  and emotions and morality. The second part discusses individual emotions  including envy  jealousy  pleasure-in-others-misfortune  pity  compassion  anger  hate  disgust  love  sexual desire  happiness  sadness  pride  regret  and shame. The text is laced with insightful and often amusing quotations from sources ranging from Mae West to Montesquieu.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964750458933,"sku":"ByrdShop_0262523191","price":95.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780262523196.jpg?v=1770478112","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-subtlety-of-emotions","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}