Emotion
A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition

Emotion is a fairly modern word. Philosophers such as Plato and Hume used defining sets of words to categorize a range of human feels in their early writings. They did their best to describe the complexities of our deepest sentiments, which are incredibly interesting to read. Nowadays, I feel like t......more

Drawing from the prevailing literature, Evans summarizes what might be regarded as a prevailing view of emotions (the book’s subtitle is, “The Science of Sentiment”). Rather than casting emotions as solely negative (to be controlled), or positive (the glue that holds the social world together), Evan......more

Về cơ bản thì trong cuốn sách này tác giả đứng về phía cho rằng cảm xúc có vai trò tích cực trong cuộc sống của con người (thay vì quan điểm tiêu cực cho rằng "Cảm xúc là kẻ thù của thành công" chẳng hạn). Cá nhân mình chưa hoàn toàn thuyết phục với những gì tác giả đưa ra, nhưng chúng cũng có những......more

For the most part, this is a pretty good introduction to the scientific study of emotion, and an intriguing defense of emotional decision-making. On the other hand, I feel inclined to make a defense of my mentor C. S. Lewis, at whom the author makes an impertinent sideswipe. In discussing whether a n......more

As the title implies, a very short intro to emotions. Talks about emotions in an evolutionary-psychologyish way: conjectures and hypothesis of how they evolved. Discusses some of the more "complicated" social emotions such as jealousy, shame and greed. A point that gets repeated over and over is that......more