Description
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.
Author: Daniel S. Levine
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 12/30/2020
Pages: 148
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780367856830
ISBN10: 0367856832
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
- Psychology | Emotions
- Psychology | Reference
About the Author
Daniel S. Levine is Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA, and a Fellow and former President of the International Neural Network Society.
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