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Title
Understanding emotion in Chinese culture [electronic resource] : thinking through psychology / Louise Sundararajan.
ISBN
9783319182216 electronic book
3319182218 electronic book
9783319182209
Published
Cham ; New York : Springer, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-18221-6 doi
Call Number
RA790.55 .S86 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
155.92
Summary
This mind-opening take on indigenous psychology presents a multi-level analysis of culture to frame the differences between Chinese and Western cognitive and emotive styles. Eastern and Western cultures are seen here as mirror images in terms of rationality, relational thinking, and symmetry or harmony. Examples from the philosophical texts of Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and classical poetry illustrate constructs of shading and nuancing emotions in contrast to discrete emotions and emotion regulation commonly associated with traditional psychology. The resulting text offers readers bold new understandings of emotion-based states both familiar (intimacy, solitude) and unfamiliar (resonance, being spoiled rotten), as well as larger concepts of freedom, creativity, and love. Included among the topics: The mirror universes of East and West. In the crucible of Confucianism. Freedom and emotion: Daoist recipes for authenticity and creativity. Chinese creativity, with special focus on solitude and its seekers. Savoring, from aesthetics to the everyday. What is an emotion? Answers from a wild garden of knowledge. Understanding Emotion in Chinese Culture has a wealth of research and study potential for undergraduate and graduate courses in affective science, cognitive psychology, cultural and cross- cultural psychology, indigenous psychology, multicultural studies, Asian psychology, theoretical and philosophical psychology, anthropology, sociology, international psychology, religion studies, and international business and management. .
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series
International and cultural psychology series.
Conceptual foundations for the analysis of Chinese emotions
The mirror universe of East and West
Harmony : a delicate dance of symmetry
In the crucible of Confucianism
On the wings of Daoism
Tracing emotions daintily through things psychologically Chinese
Heart-aching love (Teng)
The art of intimacy
Freedom and emotion : Daoist recipes for authenticity and creativity
Being spoiled rotten (Sajiao) : lessons in gratitude
Chinese creativity
Chinese creativity, with special focus on solitude and its seekers
Savoring (Pin wei), from aesthetics to the everyday
Emptiness (Kong) : insight-based emotional transformations
Conclusion
What is an emotion? Answers from a wild garden of knowledge.
