Alchemies of the Mind: Rationality and the

Jon Elster has written a comprehensive, wide-ranging book on the emotions in which he considers the full range of theoretical approaches. Drawing on history, literature, philosophy and psychology Elster presents a complete account of the role of the emotions in human behavior. Combining methodological and theoretical arguments with empirical case studies and written with Elster's customary verve and economy, this book will have a broad appeal to those in philosophy, psychology, economics, political science, as well as literary studies, history, and sociology.

Preface and acknowledgments
Part I. A Plea for Mechanisms: 1. Introduction
2. Explaining by mechanisms
3. Proverbial mechanisms
4. Mechanisms in Montaigne
5. Mechanisms in Tocqueville
6. Some elementary mechanisms
7. Molecular mechanisms
8. From mechanisms to laws
9. A plea for disaggregation
Part II. Emotions Before Psychology: 1. Introduction
2. Aristotle on the emotions
3. The French moralists
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Emotion in literature
Part III. Social Emotions in Historical Context: 1. Introduction
2. Shame and social norms
3. Envy in social life
4. Honor, duels, and feuds
Part IV. Rationality and the Emotions: 1. Introduction
2. The nature of emotion
3. Rationality and the emotions
Appendix
Part V. Alchemies of the Mind: 1. Introduction
2. Transmutation
3. Misrepresentation
Coda.

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Alchemies of the Mind: Rationality and the Emotions

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