Anger as a/moral emotion

The work presents anger as a manifested signal of dissatisfaction and moral resistance towards perceived injustice, disruptions of relationships, and trust, as well as a call for the restoration of the original relationship and for rectification.

The book delves into the analysis of anger as both a moral and amoral emotion. It investigates whether anger is indeed one of the basic emotions or if it is a social and linguistic construct, denoting a concept associated with the human mind. The author subjects the concept of anger to an analysis of its semantic domains, as well as a conceptual analysis regarding what it signifies and means to us. Anger is analyzed from philosophical-phenomenological perspectives, as well as from the viewpoints of cognitive sciences, evolutionary psychology, and social psychology. The significance of anger in both phylogenetic and ontogenetic development is explored. Through a deeper understanding thereof, avenues toward its better and more effective management are elucidated.

Autorentext

Andrej Démuth studied philosophy and psychology. He is the author of many books and articles on cognition and the relationship between reflected and non reflected knowledge and he regularly gives invited lectures at universities in Slovakia and abroad. His research focuses on modern philosophy, epistemology and cognitive studies.

Inhalt

Foreword - Instead of an Introduction - What Does the Concept of Anger Denote in Natural Languages? - Cognitive View of Anger (Reflections on the Meta-Analysis by Sorella, and Grecucci) - Anger as a Subjectively Experienced Feeling/Emotion (Inspired by Paul Ekman) - Anger as a Social and Moral Emotion (Inspired by the Original Text) - If Heidegger Had Written about Anger, or What Heidegger's Philosophy of Affectivity Offers. (Reflections on a Manuscript That Was Never Written) - Anger and Art (Cabanel's Fallen Angel and Shakespeare's Tamora) -God's Anger or the Anger of Gods? (Some Reflections on Homeric and Biblical Anger) - Anger as an Egocentric and Amoral Emotion (with a Note from Jessie Prinz) - Anger as a Social Emotion (Notes on Agnes Callard) - Anger and Forgiveness (Inspired by Martha Nussbaum) - Anger and Education or Some Notes on Owen Flanagan's "How to Do Things with Emotions: The Morality of Anger and Shame across Cultures" - Without Anger? A Few Reflections Instead of a Conclusion - References