The Universality of Emotion
Perspectives from the Sciences and Humanities

This Element reviews how disciplines from across the sciences and humanities have approached the question: are human emotions 'universal'?

Bradley J. Irish (Author)

9781009565714, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 6 February 2025

102 pages
23.5 x 16 x 1.1 cm, 0.29 kg

Not supplied by the author. This Element surveys how a number of major disciplines − psychology, neuroscience, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, history, linguistics, and literary/cultural studies − have addressed the long-standing research question of whether human emotions should be thought of as meaningfully 'universal.' The Element presents both the universalist and anti-universalist positions, and concludes by considering attempts to move beyond this increasingly unhelpful binary.

Introduction
1. The universalist case
2. The anti-universalist case
3. Hybrid models and compromise positions: pathways for the future
References.

Subject Areas: Social, group or collective psychology [JMH]