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.
- Published by
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2000.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 189 pages : illustrations; 24 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."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Contents
- 1. Ancestral Emotional Communication 1 -- 2. Forces of Selection and the Evolution of Emotions 33 -- 3. The Emotional Repertoire of Humans 66 -- 4. The Neurology of Human Emotions 85 -- 5. What Kind of Emotional Animal? 119.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-179) and index.