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Most books, however, treat only one aspect of emotions, such as
emotions and the brain, emotions and well-being, or emotions and
computer agents. This interdisciplinary book presents recent work
on emotions in neuroscience, cognitive science,…

I fi rst met Dr. Evelin Lindner in December 2001 when she was the speaker
at a Colloquium of the Peace Education Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. I was attracted to the colloquium by the title of her talk,
“Humiliation and the…

Those who read this book, either as newcomers to the field or as experienced
practitioners within it, will do so at a time of change. As new initiatives permeate the educational landscape the context and impact of change has to be
measured in…

For some, emotions are uniquely human attributes; for others,
emotions can be seen everywhere from animals to machines and even the
weather. Yet, ever since Darwin published The Expression of the Emotions in
Man and Animals, it has been agreed…

London, Friday, April 30,1602. The last year of Elizabeth I’s
reign. A 14-year-old girl, Mary Glover, the daughter of a
well-to-do shopkeeper, left her house on Thames Street
to run an errand for her mother.

This book constitutes a systematic and historically informed defense of the controversial thesis that empathy is epistemically central to our folkpsychological ability to understand other agents. I will develop the argument for empathy in the…

Working life ain’t simple any more. Th ere was a time
when you worked hard, your employer looked after you,
and you just carried on until you received your golden
carriage clock on retirement. But that simple career
path is dead. Th ere are…

This book was conceived of in a simpler era-B.S.E. (Before September Eleventh). Then, in 1993 B.S.E., the worst problems our nation faced were a spate of
violent crimes. I did not know then, as I do now, that the violent crime rate in
the United…