Metaphor and Emotion: Language, Culture, and Body in Human Feeling (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521541466)

Many researchers claim that emotions arise either from human biology (i.e., biological reductionism) or as products of culture (i.e., social constructionism). Are human emotions best characterized as biological, psychological, or cultural entities? Zoltan Kovecses demonstrates how cultural aspects, metaphorical language, and human physiology are part of an integrated system. This book challenges the simplistic division between the body and culture by stressing how human emotions are to a large extent "constructed" from individuals' embodied experiences in different cultural settings. Hb ISBN (2000): 0-521-64163-2

Author: Zoltan Kovecses, Kovecses Zoltan, Zolt N. K. Vecses
ISBN-10: 0521541468
ISBN-13: 9780521541466
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2003
Pages: 244
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.28w x 0.60d