In the Mind, in the Body, in the World by Cairns, Douglas; Vir;

Emotions in Early China and Ancient Greece

Series: Emotions of the Past;

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Publisher OUP USA
Date of Publication 29 August 2024

ISBN 9780197681800
Binding Hardback
No. of pages328 pages
Size 165x241x30 mm
Weight 612 g
Language English

Short description:

This volume marks a collaborative effort among scholars of ancient Greece and early China to investigate discourses of emotions in ancient philosophy, medicine, and literature from the fifth century BCE to the second century CE. It brings scholars working in the two ancient traditions together to explore ways in which cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary investigation might be deployed to advance our understanding of the emotions in these ancient societies, and ultimately, to confront and challenge certain long-standing modern approaches to emotions.

Long description:

This volume of newly commissioned essays marks a collaborative effort among scholars of ancient Greece and early China to investigate discourses of emotions in ancient philosophy, medicine, and literature from c. 5th century BCE-2nd century CE. The aim is to bring scholars working in the two ancient traditions together to explore ways in which cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary investigation might be deployed to advance our understanding of the emotions in these ancient societies, and ultimately, to confront and challenge certain long-standing modern approaches to emotions.

The volume not only highlights the diverse ways in which emotions have been portrayed and discussed in different geographical and cultural contexts, but also interrogates the concepts through which writers and thinkers in the past experienced and thought about the emotions. The book takes emotions not as natural givens, but as aspects of human experience and conceptualization whose significance can be properly assessed only within the practices, discourses, and institutions of particular societies. The volume addresses a wide range of topics, such as equanimity and impassivity in Daoism and Stoic thought; therapies of emotions in Greco-Roman and early Chinese medicine and philosophy; the cultivation of emotions in relation to perception, attention, and appraisal in Mengzi and the Stoics; the workings of emotion in Aristotle's moral psychology; models of embodiment in canonical ancient medical texts; the ethics and politics of respect, fear, and awe across time, space and genre; and the social function and expression of contempt in Greek literature. In fostering engagement across traditions and disciplines, the volume seeks to make substantive contributions to existing research in the history and philosophy of emotions, as well as the cross-cultural and global study of emotions.

This is a highly valuable work. It contributes new perspectives and methods to the field of emotion studies and advances the development of cross-cultural research. It reminds us that, despite the vast temporal and spatial distances, thinkers in ancient China and Greece shared many commonalities in their reflections on emotions, while also presenting fascinating differences. These insights provide valuable historical references for contemporary emotion research. This book makes an outstanding contribution to the study of cross-cultural emotions, provides rich materials and profound insights for subsequent scholars' research, and strongly promotes the academic development of the field.