The Universality of Emotion: Perspectives from the Sciences and Humanities [Paperback]

This Element reviews how disciplines from across the sciences and humanities have approached the question: are human emotions 'universal'?This Element surveys how a number of major disciplines  psychology, neuroscience, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, history, linguistics, and literary/cultural studies  have addressed the long-standing research question of whether human emotions should be thought of as meaningfully universal.This Element surveys how a number of major disciplines  psychology, neuroscience, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, history, linguistics, and literary/cultural studies  have addressed the long-standing research question of whether human emotions should be thought of as meaningfully universal.Not supplied by the author. This Element surveys how a number of major disciplines  psychology, neuroscience, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, history, linguistics, and literary/cultural studies  have addressed the long-standing research question of whether human emotions should be thought of as meaningfully 'universal.' The Element presents both the universalist and anti-universalist positions, and concludes by considering attempts to move beyond this increasingly unhelpful binary.Introduction; 1. The universalist case; 2. The anti-universalist case; 3. Hybrid models and compromise positions: pathways for the future; References.