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

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

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Description
  1. xiii, 189 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "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
  1. Emotions
  2. Emotions > Social aspects
  3. Evolution (Biology)
  4. Emotions
  5. Biological Evolution
  6. Hominidae > psychology
  7. Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
  8. Social Behavior
  9. emotion
  10. evolution
  11. Emotions > Social aspects
  12. Emoties
  13. Oorsprong
  14. Sociologische aspecten
Contents
  1. 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
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-179) and index.