The Mind and Its Stories
Hogan, Patrick / Manstead, Antony / Oatley, Keith
Patrick Colm Hogan argues that, to a remarkable degree, the stories people admire in different cultures follow a limited number of patterns determined by cross-culturally constant ideas about emotion. Hogan draws on world literature, experimental research treating emotion and emotion concepts, and methodological principles from contemporary linguistics and philosophy of science. He concludes with a discussion of the relationship between the na...