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On the origins of human emotions : a sociological inquiry into the evolution of human affect

Title
On the origins of human emotions : a sociological inquiry into the evolution of human affect / Jonathan H. Turner.
Author
Turner, Jonathan H.
Publication
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2000], ©2000.

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xiii, 189 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
  • "Language and culture are often seen as unique characteristics of human beings. In this book the author argues that our ability to use a wide array of emotions evolved long before spoken language and, in fact, constituted a preadaptation for the speech and culture that developed among later hominids.
  • Long before humans could speak with words, they communicated their emotional dispositions through body language; and it is the neurological wiring of the brain for these emotional languages that represented the key evolutionary breakthrough for our species."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Emotions
  • Emotions > Social aspects
  • Biological Evolution
  • Hominidae > psychology
  • Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
  • Social Behavior
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-179) and indexes.
Contents
1. Ancestral Emotional Communication. Humans As Evolved Apes. The Evolution of Primates. The Structure of Primate Societies. Adaptation of Apes to the African Woodlands and Savanna. The Evolution of Emotions Among Hominids. The Primate Legacy and Human Interaction. The Anatomy of Human Interaction -- 2. Forces of Selection and the Evolution of Emotions. Indirect Selection Forces. Direct Selection Forces -- 3. The Emotional Repertoire of Humans. What Emotions Are Primary? Emotional Arousal in Humans -- 4. The Neurology of Human Emotions. Some Qualifications and Concerns. Neurological Changes During the Evolution of Emotions. Human Systems of Emotions. Thought and Thinking. Implications for Studying Interpersonal Processes -- 5. What Kind of Emotional Animals? A Brief Overview. Some Highly Speculative Implications.
ISBN
  • 0804737193 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0804737207 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
99086427
OCLC
  • ocm43324263
  • SCSB-3986131
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries