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How Emotions Work
by Jack Katz
Product Group: Book
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (1999-11-15)
ISBN: 0226425991
EAN: 9780226425993
Dewy Decimal #: 152.4
Hardcover: 407 pages
SKU: FL0142
Condition: Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Many of the ways in which we express and react to emotions make very little sense. From the tears that mark both the best and worst moments in our lives to the rages sparked by the most trivial of traffic annoyances, emotions surprise us-they lead us to act in ways contrary to our better judgment, and they always seem to lie just beyond our control. In How Emotions Work, Jack Katz observes situations ranging from a criminal's interrogation-room breakdown to a child's temper tantrum, and offers new approaches to understanding our emotions, their sources, and the behavior they lead to, all with unprecedented clarity.
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Customer Reviews
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A breathtaking analysis
Rating  (5)
Date: 2001-08-20
7 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
Traditionally, emotions were seen as a topic unworthy of study by Sociologists, who saw emotions as "irrational." Recently, emotional experience has been retrieved as integral to social life, however, no analyst has managed to capture the nip and tuck of emotional experience as katz has. Drawing on Freudian theory, symbolic interactionism, and phenomenology, he shows how emotions influence social life through both their situated and their transcendent relevance. Must reading for any researcher who hopes to get a handle on this elusive phenomenon.
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Rating  (3)
Date: 2000-06-09
1 out of 12 customers found this reveiw helpful
The problem with a lot of people is that they do not get in touch with their own emotions and the causes a lot of problems later. This book will give the insight to be emotional intellegent and how does emotions work in our lives. Enjoy reading it.
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