Narrative Emotionen : eine Untersuchung über Möglichkeiten und Grenzen philosophischer Emotionstheorien

What are emotions? How do we recognize them in ourselves and in others? How do we communicate them? In this book, Christiane Voss develops a theory of "narrative emotions": The physical and mental components of emotional reactions always have to be based on a common structure, so that they can be experienced as an entity. The author provocantly points out, that emotion is the notice of such a narrative structure, which can be linguistically expressed in tales. Voss provides both a historical and systematic introduction to this field.