Strong Feelings: Emotion, Addiction, and Human Behavior
(Part of the Jean Nicod Lectures Series)
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Emotion and addiction lie on a continuum between simple visceral drives such as hunger, thirst, and sexual desire at one end and calm, rational decision making at the other. Although emotion and addiction involve visceral motivation, they are also closely linked to cognition and culture. They thus provide the ideal vehicle for Jon Elster's study of the interrelation between three explanatory approaches to behavior: neurobiology, culture, and choice...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0262050560
ISBN13:9780262050562
Release Date:March 1999
Publisher:Bradford Book
Length:266 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.7" x 8.3"
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