UID:
almafu_9961513240002883
Umfang:
1 online resource (159 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-00-301434-8
,
1-000-33429-5
,
1-003-01434-8
,
1-000-33407-4
Inhalt:
Healing the Reason-Emotion Split draws on research from experimental psychology and neuroscience to dispel the myth that reason should be heralded above emotion. Arguing that reason and emotion mutually benefit our decision-making abilities, the book explores the idea that understanding this relationship could have long-term advantages for our management of society's biggest problems. Levine reviews how reason and emotion operated in historical movements such as the Enlightenment, Romanticism and 1960s' counterculture, to conclude that a successful society would restore human connection and foster compassion in economics and politics by equally utilizing reason and emotion. Integrating discussion on classic and contemporary neurological studies and using allegory, the book lays out the potential for societal change through compassion, and would be of interest to psychologists concerned with social implications of their fields, philosophy students, social activists, and religious leaders.
Anmerkung:
Intro -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Minds to Match Our Challenges -- Can Science Help Us? -- The Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow -- The Wizard -- A Warning and a Hope -- Notes -- 2. What Can Neuroscience Tell Us? -- Thoughts, Emotions, and Instincts in the Brain -- Integration of Emotion and Cognition -- System 1 and System 2? -- Dopamine, Wanting, and Liking -- Mirror Neurons, Emotional Empathy, and Cognitive Empathy -- Conclusions: What Do Our Brains Tell Us? -- Notes -- 3. What Can Psychology Tell Us? -- The Rise and Fall of Drive Reduction Theory -- The Need for Emotional and Cognitive Stimulation -- The Value of Positive and Negative Emotions -- Optimal Living? -- Emotional Intelligence -- Passion for Knowledge -- Advantage of Emotional Events in Attention and Memory -- Conclusions: Cognition and Emotion Are Part of Each Other -- Notes -- 4. The Ruling Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow Rebellion -- The Tension between Reason and Sentiment -- Confusing Emotion with Automaticity -- Romanticism -- Counterculture -- Lessons of History -- Notes -- 5. Where is the Wizard? -- Domination and Partnership in the Brain -- Utopia in the Brain -- Partnership Interactions: Religion -- Partnership Interactions: Psychotherapy -- Partnership Interactions: Politics -- Partnership Interactions: Economics -- Partnership Interactions: Family and Sex -- Notes -- 6. The Compassionate Revolution -- Population and Human History -- Importance of Language -- Education and Child Development -- Importance of the Theory in This Book -- Troubled Times Call for Courage -- Conclusion: The True Wizard -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-367-85683-2
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-367-85684-0
Sprache:
Englisch
