"Interpersonal sensitivity refers to the accuracy and/or appropriateness of perceptions, judgments, and responses we have with respect to one another. It is relevant to nearly all aspects of social relations, and has long been studied by social, personality, and clinical psychol…
The idea that one can soak up someone else's depression or anxiety or sense the tension in a room is familiar. Indeed, phrases that capture this notion abound in the popular vernacular: negative energy, dumping, you could cut the tension with a knife. This book deals with the be…
The idea that one can soak up someone else's depression or anxiety or sense the tension in a room is familiar. Indeed, phrases that capture this notion abound in the popular vernacular: negative energy, dumping, you could cut the tension with a knife. This book deals with the be…
The idea that one can soak up someone else's depression or anxiety or sense the tension in a room is familiar. Indeed, phrases that capture this notion abound in the popular vernacular: negative energy, dumping, you could cut the tension with a knife. This book deals with the be…
This volume is based on the papers presented at the workshop 'Gender and Emotion. Interdisciplinairy perspectives' at the University of Limerick on June 20 2008. It presents essays from disciplines like history, literary studies, psychology, sociology and queer studies, varying …
What do emotions do ? How do emotions move us or get us stuck ? In developing a theory of the cultural politics of emotion, Sara Ahmed focuses on the relationship between emotions, language and bodies. She shows how emotions are named in speech acts, as well as how they involve …
The author describes how her ideal society -one that aspires to justice and equal opportunity for all- can be achieved and sustained. She argues for activating people's most powerful and positive emotions, especially compassion and love, and describes practices, rituals, celebra…
"Provides a taxonomy of the array of theories about the nature of so-called normative judgments, and argues for a more expressivist hybrid theory that accommodates both the context-sensitivity of normative predicates and a broadly truth-conditional approach to semantics."
