Overview

This book describes a ubiquitous and potent emotion that has only rarely and recently been studied in any systematic manner. The words that come closest to denoting it in English are being moved or touched, having a heart-warming feeling, feeling nostalgic, feeling patriotic, or pride in family or team. In religious contexts when the emotion is intense, it may be labeled ecstasy, mystical rapture, burning in the bosom, or being touched by the Spirit. All of these are instances of what scientists now call ‘kama muta’ (Sanskrit, ‘moved by love’). Alan Page Fiske shows that what evokes this emotion is the sudden creation, intensification, renewal, repair, or recall of a communal sharing relationship – when love ignites, or people feel newly connected. He explains the social, psychological, cultural, and likely evolutionary processes involved – and how they interlock. Kama muta is described as it manifests in diverse settings at many points in history across scores of cultures, in everyday experiences as well as the peak moments of life. The chapters illuminate the occurrence of kama muta in a range of contexts, including religion, oratory, literature, sport, social media, and nature. The book will be of interest to students and scholars from a number of disciplines who are interested in emotion or social relationships. Supplementary notes can be found online at: www.routledge.com/9780367220945

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Author:   Alan Page Fiske
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.725kg
ISBN:  

9780367220938

ISBN 10:   0367220938
Pages:   388
Publication Date:   04 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part I: The Feeling Chapter 1: Cuteness and Cosmos Chapter 2: The Sensations Chapter 3: Universal Narrative Prototypes of Reunion, Culturally Adapted to Evoke Kama Muta Part II: The Basic Theory, and Everyday Experiences Chapter 4: Homo movens: What Evokes Kama Muta Experiences, and What Motives Emerge? Chapter 5: Compassion, Heroism, and Victory Chapter 6: Strategic Evocation of Kama Muta Part III: Getting Deeper Into It A Pivotal Idea: Kama Muta Is a Long-run Cause of the Cultural Practices that Evoke It Chapter 7: How Not to Reify Words Chapter 8: The Arts of Kama Muta Chapter 9: Disasters, Memorials, and Mementos Chapter 10: The Kama Muta Experience Is Generated by A Culturally Tuned Psychological Mechanism, The Psype Part IV: Religion Chapter 11: Mystical Religious Experiences Chapter 12: Hinduism and Buddhism Chapter 13: Islam Chapter 14: Kama Muta in Pilgrimage and Pain Chapter 15: Millennia of Meanings of Christian Tears Chapter 16: The Locus of Kama Muta in Religion Part V: The Big Picture Chapter 17: Psychological, Social, Cultural, and Evolutionary Dynamics of Kama Muta Chapter 18: The Joys of Knowing Kama Muta Chapter 19: The Adventures of the Unknown Glossary of Theoretical Constructs

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Alan Page Fiske is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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