The expression of emotion : philosophical, psychological and legal perspectives / edited by Catharine Abell, Joel Smith.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Notes of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Emotional Expression; References; Part I Philosophical Perspectives; 1. Expressing, Showing and Representing; 1.1 Expression as Genitive or Generic; 1.2 Some Emotions Are Perceptible; 1.3 If Emotions Are Not Natural Kinds; 1.4 Speech Acts; 1.5 Charged Language; 1.6 Expressive Figures; References; 2. Emotions and Their Expressions; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Expression, Emotion and Perception; 2.3 Philosophical Theories of Emotion: A Brief Overview.

2.4 What Can Emotions Be That They Might Be Literally Perceived?2.5 Concluding Remarks; References; 3. Expressive Actions; 3.1 Introduction: Hursthouse's Puzzle; 3.2 How Could We See Expressive Actions as Carried Out for a Reason?; 3.3 Expressive Action as 'Doing Justice'; 3.4 Expressive Acts, Expressive Power and Symbolism; 3.5 Explaining Action Out of Emotion; 3.6 Conclusion; References; 4. Emotional Expression, Commitment and Joint Value; 4.1 Evincing and Expressing Emotions; 4.2 Expressions and Reports; 4.3 Emotional Expressions and Joint Value; References.

5. Collective Emotion and the Function of Expressive Behaviour5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Approaches to Collective Emotion; 5.3 Collective Emotional Phenomena?; 5.4 Expressive Behaviour; 5.5 Collective Emotional Action; 5.6 Collective Emotional Cognition; 5.7 Shared and Collective Emotion; References; Part II Psychological Perspectives; 6. Emotional Expression; 6.1 Emotions; 6.1.1 Understanding Emotions; 6.1.2 The Primary Theory behind Biological Emotion; 6.1.3 Facial Expressions of Emotion; 6.1.4 Research in Facial Expressions of Emotion: Judgement Studies.

6.1.5 Research in Facial Expressions of Emotion: Production Studies6.1.6 Evidence from Blind versus Sighted Individuals; 6.1.7 Summary; 6.2 Functions of Emotional Expressions on Face; 6.2.1 Intrapersonal Effects; 6.2.2 Interpersonal Effects; 6.2.3 Summary; 6.3 Emotional Expressions and Culture; 6.3.1 Culture; 6.3.2 Cultural Display Rules: Cultural Differences in Expressing Emotion; 6.3.3 The Display Rule Assessment Inventory and a Worldwide Mapping of Cultural Display Rules; 6.4 Conclusion; References; 7. A Sceptical Look at Faces as Emotion Signals.

7.1 The Prototype Version of Basic Emotion Theory7.2 The Production of Facial Movements; 7.3 The Onlooker's Interpretation of Facial Movements; 7.4 Revisions to BET; 7.5 The Nature of Emotion; References; 8. Cultural Specificities in the Transmission and Decoding of Facial Expressions of Emotion; 8.1 A Brief History of Research on Facial Expressions of Emotion; 8.2 Emotion Communication Is a System of Information Transmission and Decoding; 8.3 Re-Visiting the Universal Recognition of Facial Expressions of Emotion.

"The Expression of Emotion collects cutting-edge essays on emotional expression written by leading philosophers, psychologists, and legal theorists. It highlights areas of interdisciplinary research interest, including facial expression, expressive action, and the role of both normativity and context in emotion perception. Whilst philosophical discussion of emotional expression has addressed the nature of expression and its relation to action theory, psychological work on the topic has focused on the specific mechanisms underpinning different facial expressions and their recognition. Further, work in both legal and political theory has had much to say about the normative role of emotional expressions, but would benefit from greater engagement with both psychological and philosophical research. In combining philosophical, psychological, and legal work on emotional expression, the present volume brings these distinct approaches into a productive conversation"-- Provided by publisher.

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