Title: Strong Feelings
First published: 1999
Description: The book is organized around parallel analyses of emotion and addiction in order to bring out similarities as well as differences. Elster's study sheds fresh light on the generation of human behavior, ultimately revealing how cognition, choice, and rationality are undermined by the physical processes that underlie strong emotions and cravings. This book will be of particular interest to those studying the variety of human motivations who are dissatisfied with the prevailing reductionisms.
Subjects: Etiology, Compulsive behavior, Psychology, Choice (Psychology), Addicts, Emotions, Substance abuse, Verslaving, Dwanghandelingen, Psychologische aspecten, Keuzegedrag, Emoties, Human behavior, Addictive Behavior, Choice Behavior, Substance-Related Disorders, Dépendants, Psychologie, Comportement compulsif, Étiologie, Polytoxicomanie, Choix (Psychologie), HEALTH & FITNESS, Diseases, Nervous System (incl. Brain), MEDICAL, Neurology, Drogenabhängigkeit, Gefühl, Émotions, Toxicomanes, Toxicomanie, Dépendance (psychologie)
LC classification: BF531 .E475 1999