Emotion Theory: The Routledge Comprehensive Guide: Volume I: History, Contemporary Theories, and Key Elements [Hardcover]

Emotion?Theory: The Routledge Comprehensive Guide?is the first interdisciplinary reference resource which authoritatively takes stock of the progress made both in the philosophy of?emotions and in the affective sciences from Ancient Greece to today.

Andrea Scarantino is Professor of Philosophy at Georgia State University, where he has taught since 2005. He has published more than 40 papers on emotions, information, computation, and communication.

Emotion Theory: The Routledge Comprehensive Guide is the first interdisciplinary reference resource which authoritatively takes stock of the progress made both in the philosophy of emotions and in affective science from Ancient Greece to today. A two-volume landmark publication, it provides an overview of emotion theory unrivaled in terms of its comprehensiveness, accessibility and systematicity.

Comprising 62 chapters by 101 leading emotion theorists in philosophy, classics, psychology, biology, psychiatry, neuroscience and sociology, the collection is organized as follows:

Volume I:

• Part I: History of Emotion Theory (10 chapters)
• Part II: Contemporary Theories of Emotions (10 chapters)
• Part III: The Elements of Emotion Theory (7 chapters)

Volume II:

• Part IV: Nature and Functions of 35 Specific Emotions (22 chapters)
• Part V: Challenges Facing Emotion Theory (13 chapters)
• Special Elicitors of Emotions
• Emotions and Their Relations to Other Elements of Mental Architecture
• Emotions in Children, Animals and Groups
• Normative Aspects of Emotions