A thoughtful, "gleeful "encyclopedia of emotions, both broad and outrageously specific, from throughout history and around the world.
How do you feel today? Is your heart fluttering in anticipation? Your stomach tight with nerves? Are you falling in love? Feeling a bit miffed? Do you have the heebie-jeebies? Are you antsy with iktsuarpok or filled with nakhes?
Recent research suggests there are only six basic emotions. But if that makes you feel uneasy, suspicious, and maybe even a little bereft, THE BOOK OF HUMAN EMOTIONS is for you. In this unique book, you'll get to travel across the world and through time, learning how different cultures have articulated the human experience and picking up some fascinating new knowledge about yourself along the way.
From the familiar (anger) to the foreign (zal), each entertaining and informative alphabetical entry reveals the surprising connections and fascinating facts behind our emotional lives. Whether you're in search of the perfect word to sum up that cozy feeling you get from being inside on a cold winter's night, surrounded by friends and good food (what the Dutch call gezelligheid), or wondering how nostalgia evolved from a fatal illness to enjoyable self-indulgence, Tiffany Watt Smith draws on history, anthropology, science, art, literature, music, and popular culture to find the answers.
In reading THE BOOK OF HUMAN EMOTIONS, you'll discover feelings you never knew you had (like basorexia, the sudden urge to kiss someone) and gain unexpected insights into why you feel the way you do. Besides, aren't you curious what nginyiwarrarringu means?
Dr. Tiffany Watt Smith is a research fellow at the QMUL Centre for the History of the Emotions, and was also a 2014 BBC New Generation Thinker. Before choosing to pursue a path in academic research and writing, Dr. Watt Smith worked as a theater director for seven years, including stints as Associate director at the Arcola Theatre and International Associate Director at the Royal Court. She lives in London.
我的同事小花是一个精力充沛、热情洋溢的90后,进公司不到1年已经和各个部门的同事混熟了。小花自认为是一个温柔贤良、乐观大方的女子,直到周围人列出她N个不正经时刻……大家都很喜欢这个年轻,有点不正经的姑娘。小花特别喜欢一边叨叨一边工作,一点不在乎把她工作中的“愚...
评分可能在读之前抱有很大期望,等实际在读时发现:也就那样,没想象的那么好,书中概念定义模糊,也可能翻译问题,讲了很多概念,浅显易懂,有机会考虑读原文,姑且先看着吧。同时在读的还有丘吉尔的黑狗,自认为写得不错,有深度,读得懂需要费脑子,需要花费时间和精力去解读,...
评分人类属于社交群体,很多时候受外界压迫,我们会倾向于藏起消极的情绪从而表现出积极情绪一面的我们。而现实是,我们明白我们需要内化消极情绪,兴许从小父母的“不许哭”开始,我们就在被教导收起自己的负面情绪会更讨喜,成长经历中这个过程被强化了无数遍,因而大多数成年人...
评分 评分我的同事小花是一个精力充沛、热情洋溢的90后,进公司不到1年已经和各个部门的同事混熟了。小花自认为是一个温柔贤良、乐观大方的女子,直到周围人列出她N个不正经时刻……大家都很喜欢这个年轻,有点不正经的姑娘。小花特别喜欢一边叨叨一边工作,一点不在乎把她工作中的“愚...
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