PSYC18H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Culture Of Asia, Proverb, The Anatomy Of Dependence
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We might note a distrust of emotions. If you want to disparage another person"s argument, just say that person is being emotional meaning. Plata (375bce) thought emotions arise from the lower part of the mind and pervert reason. Mistrust was brought into modern era by darwin (1872) implied that in adult humans expressions of emotions are obsolete, vestiges of our evolution from the beasts and our development from infancy. In the west, not very consistent, because we also think that emotions are the very guarantee of authenticity, our best guide to our true selves. Western culture stances toward emotion, distrust on the one hand and appreciation on the other. Appreciation became marked in europe and america during the historical era of romanticism (era distinguished from the term romantic sexual as in romantic love . In romantic era emotions came to be valued in personal life, in politics, in literature and in philosophy.
