The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals - Charles Darwin

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

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Buch | Softcover
400 Seiten
2013
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-06183-4 (ISBN)
44,85 inkl. MwSt
After thirty years' research, during which he consulted missionaries, doctors and photographers from around the world, Charles Darwin (1809–1882) published this monograph in 1872. Drawing on his work on evolution, it represents the earliest systematic investigation into the shared features of human and animal expression.
When this monograph was first published in 1872, there already existed a good deal of thought on facial expression via the study of physiognomy; this work, notes Charles Darwin (1809–82), was full of 'surprising nonsense'. Setting aside the assumption of previous studies that human facial muscles were created specifically for a range of expressions unique to the species, Darwin sets out here to make a systematic study of both human and animal expression. The range of his research is extraordinarily wide: he not only experimented on himself, but observed infants, consulted doctors in psychiatric hospitals and sent out requests to missionaries and travellers for first-hand notes on the expressions of aboriginal peoples. Learned, meticulous and illustrated with an impressive array of drawings, photographs and engravings, Darwin's work stands as an important contribution to the study of human behaviour and its origins.

Introduction; 1. General principles of expression; 2. General principles of expression (continued); 3. General principles of expression (concluded); 4. Means of expression in animals; 5. Special expressions of animals; 6. Special expressions of man: suffering and weeping; 7. Low spirits, anxiety, grief, dejection, despair; 8. Joy, high spirits, love, tender feelings, devotion; 9. Reflection, meditation, ill-temper, sulkiness, determination; 10. Hatred and anger; 11. Disdain, contempt, disgust, guilt, pride, etc.; 12. Surprise, astonishment, fear, horror; 13. Self-attention, shame, shyness, modesty, blushing; 14. Concluding remarks and summary; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 26.9.2013
Reihe/Serie Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics
Zusatzinfo 7 Plates, black and white; 21 Halftones, unspecified
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 216 mm
Gewicht 510 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Evolution
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zoologie
ISBN-10 1-108-06183-4 / 1108061834
ISBN-13 978-1-108-06183-4 / 9781108061834
Zustand Neuware
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