Deeper Than Reason

Emotion and Its Role in Literature, Music, and Art
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-19-926365-3
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 518 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 936 g

Deeper than Reason takes the insights of modern scientific research on the emotions and uses them to illuminate questions about our emotional involvement with the arts. Robinson begins by laying out a theory of emotion, one that is supported by the best evidence from current empirical work, and then in the light of this theory examines some of the ways in which the emotions function in the arts. Written in a clear and engaging style, her book will make fascinating reading for anyone interested in the emotions and how they work, as well as anyone engaged with the arts and aesthetics, especially with questions about emotional expression in the arts, emotional experience of art forms, and, more generally, artistic interpretation.

Contents/contributors
- I. What are Emotions and How do they Operate?
- 1 Emotions as Judgements
- 2 Stirrings of the Blood

- 3 Emotion as Process
- II. Emotion in Literature
- 4 The Importance of Being Emotional
- 5 Puzzles and Paradoxes
- 6 A Sentimental Education
- 7 Formal Devices as Coping Mechanisms
- III. Expressing Emotions in the Arts
- 8 Pouring forth the Soul
- 9 A New Romantic Theory of Expression
- IV. Music and the Emotions
- 10 Emotional Expression in Music
- 11 The Expression of Emotion in Instrumental Music
- 12 Listening with Emotion: how our emotions help us to understand music
- 13 Feeling the Music
- 14 Epilogue

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of philosophy, particularly in aesthetics and philosophy of mind, those working in literary, music, and art theory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robinson, Jenefer

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Jenefer Robinson, Department of Philosophy, University of Cincinnati