Between Us
How Cultures Create Emotions
$28.80
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
26 March 2024
Summary
“How are you feeling today?” We may think of emotions as universal responses, felt inside, but in Between Us, acclaimed psychologist Batja Mesquita asks us to reconsider them through the lens of what they do in our relationships, both one-on-one and within larger social networks. From an outside-in perspective, readers will understand why pride in a Dutch context does not translate well to the same emotion in North Carolina, or why one’s anger at a boss does not mean the same as your…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781324074731 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1324074736 |
| Author: | Batja Mesquita |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 26 March 2024 |
| Weight: | 241g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 140mm x 211mm |
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Critics Review
“The book contributes much to the discussion of the origins of emotions, presenting a dazzling array of cross-cultural studies interspersed with personal anecdotes about immigrants’ struggles to reconcile diverse emotional and social worlds.” – Asifa Majid - Science
Batja Mesquita
Batja Mesquita is a social psychologist, an affective scientist, and a pioneer of cultural psychology. She is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Leuven, Belgium, and director of the Center for Social and Cultural Psychology at the University of Leuven.
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