The mind and its stories
Subtitle: narrative universals and human emotion
By: Patrick Colm Hogan.
Series: Studies in emotion and social interaction.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Narration (Rhetoric); Literature -- Psychology
Description: "Professor Hogan argues that, to a remarkable degree, the stories people admire in different cultures follow a limited number of patterns and that these patterns are determined by cross-culturally constant ideas about emotion. In formulating his argument, Professor Hogan draws on his extensive reading in world literature, experimental research treating emotion and emotion concepts, and methodological principles from the contemporary linguistics and the philosophy of science. He concludes with a discussion of the relations among narrative, emotion concepts, and the biological and social components of emotion."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.