Passion and Reason : Making Sense of Our Emotions

Lazarus, Bernice N., Lazarus, Richard S.

ISBN 10: 0195104617 / ISBN 13: 9780195104615

Editore: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1996

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• Titolo: Passion and Reason : Making Sense of Our Emotions
• Editore: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0195104617
• ISBN 13: 9780195104615
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Edizione: Reprint.
• Condizione: Good
• Peso: 0,95 libbre

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Riassunto

Lazarus draws on his four decades of pioneering research to bring readers the first book to move beyond both clinical jargon and "feel-good" popular psychology to really explain, in plain, accessible language, how emotions are aroused, how they are managed, and how they critically shape our views of ourselves and the world around us. With his co-author, writer Bernice Lazarus, Dr Lazarus explores the latest findings on the short and long-term causes and effects of various emotions, including the often conflicting research on stress management and links between negative emotions and heart disease, cancer, and other aspects of physical and psychological health. Lazarus makes a strong case that contrary to common assumption, emotions are not irrational -- our emotions and our analytical thought processes are inextricably linked.

While not a "how-to" book, it does describe how readers can interpret what lies behind their emotions and those of their families, friends, and co-workers, and how to manage them more effectively. Exploring fifteen emotions in depth, from love to jealousy, the authors show how the personal meaning we give to the events and conditions of our lives triggers such emotions as anger, anxiety, guilt, and pride. Packed with insight and compellingly readable, Passion and Reason will enrich all readers fascinated by our emotional lives.

Informazioni sull?autore

Richard S. and Bernice Lazarus have been happily married since 1945. Richard S. Lazarus, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, was recipient of a 1989 Distinguished Scientific Contribution to Psychology Award from the American Psychological Association. He is the author of Emotion and Adaptation, Stress, Appraisal, and Coping and Psychological Stress and the Coping Process, and editor of the 14-volume Foundations of Modern Psychology series.