Healing the Reason-Emotion Split

Healing the Reason-Emotion Split
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 161
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ISBN-10 : 9781000334296
ISBN-13 : 1000334295
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Book Synopsis Healing the Reason-Emotion Split by : Daniel S. Levine

Download or read book Healing the Reason-Emotion Split written by Daniel S. Levine and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healing the Reason-Emotion Split draws on research from experimental psychology and neuroscience to dispel the myth that reason should be heralded above emotion. Arguing that reason and emotion mutually benefit our decision-making abilities, the book explores the idea that understanding this relationship could have long-term advantages for our management of society’s biggest problems. Levine reviews how reason and emotion operated in historical movements such as the Enlightenment, Romanticism and 1960s' counterculture, to conclude that a successful society would restore human connection and foster compassion in economics and politics by equally utilizing reason and emotion. Integrating discussion on classic and contemporary neurological studies and using allegory, the book lays out the potential for societal change through compassion, and would be of interest to psychologists concerned with social implications of their fields, philosophy students, social activists, and religious leaders.


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