Emotion Theory

Emotion Theory: The Routledge Comprehensive Guide is the first interdisciplinary reference resource which authoritatively takes stock of the progress made both in the philosophy of emotions and in the affective sciences from Ancient Greece to today.

Andrea Scarantino is Professor of Philosophy at Georgia State University, where he has taught since 2005. He has published more than 40 papers on emotions, information, computation, and communication.

Introduction to Volume I: History, Theoretical Options, Challenges Andrea Scarantino Part I: History of Emotion Theory 1. Emotion Theory in Ancient Greece and Rome Pia Campeggiani and David Konstan 2. Emotion Theory in Ancient and Classical India, from 500 BCE to 1200 CE Maria Heim 3. Emotion Theory in Early and Medieval China, from 500 BCE to 1200 CE Curie Virág 4. Emotion Theory in the Middle Ages Simo Knuuttila 5. Emotion Theory in the Renaissance Sabrina Ebbersmeyer6. Emotion Theory in the 17th Century Lisa Shapiro 7. Emotion Theory in the 18th Century Eric Wilson 8. Emotion Theory in the 19th Century at the Rise of Scientific Psychology Rainer Reisenzein 9. Emotion Theory in the 19th and 20th Century Phenomenological Tradition Ingrid Vendrell-Ferran 10. Emotion Theory in the First Half of the 20th Century Anna Kennedy and Keith Oatley Part II: Contemporary Theories of Emotions 11. An Overview of Contemporary Theories of Emotions in Philosophy Michael Brady 12. An Overview of Contemporary Theories of Emotions in Psychology Agnes Moors 13. An Overview of Contemporary Theories of Emotions in Neuroscience Stephan Hamann 14. An Overview of Contemporary Theories of Emotions in Sociology Kathryn Lively 15. Basic and Discrete Emotion Theories Michelle Shiota 16. Appraisal Theories of Emotions Phoebe Ellsworth 17. Constructionist Theories of Emotion in Psychology and Neuroscience Lisa Barrett and Tsiona Lida 18. Social Constructionist Theories of Emotions Batja Mesquita and Brian Parkinson 19. Cognitivist Theories of Emotions in Philosophy and Affective Science Bennett Helm 20. Motivational Theories of Emotions in Philosophy and Affective Science Andrea Scarantino Part III: The Elements of Emotion Theory 21. Are Emotions Events, Processes, Mechanisms or Dispositions? Hichem Naar 22. Is Emotion Physiology More Compatible with Discrete, Dimensional or Appraisal Accounts? Bruce Friedman and Julian Thayer 23. Can Brain Data Be Used to Arbitrate Between Emotion Theories? Philip Kragel, David Sander, Kevin LaBar 24. What Do Nonverbal Expressions Tell Us About Emotion? Disa Sauter and Jim Russell 25. Which Emotional Behaviors are Actions? Jean Moritz Müller and Hong Yu Wong 26. Emotional Experience: What Is It and What Is It For? Richard Dub 27. How Should We Understand Valence, Arousal and Their Relation? Giovanna Colombetti and Peter Kuppens