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Emoties in de middeleeuwen
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ISBN: 9065502955 Year: 1998 Volume: 15 Publisher: Hilversum : Uitgeverij Verloren,

Love, Hatred, and Other Passions : Questions and Themes on Emotions in Chinese Civilization
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ISBN: 9789004155442 9004155449 9789047411659 904741165X Year: 2006 Publisher: Leiden; Boston : BRILL

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This volume aims at starting a debate on functions, role and relevance of states of mind in Chinese History and civilization. It focuses on an anthropological aspect of human experience, the affective world, as it is represented and evaluated in the various sources. A number of well-known specialists, ranging from the philosophical basic concepts to some fundamental questions about terminology, analyze literary, historical and judicial materials: this collection of essays presents different opinions, experiences and perspectives on the understanding of emotional and mental states in Chinese civilization, as well as about the difficulties met on the topic. A fascinating and useful reading for all those who are interested in humanities and in the history of mentality.


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The Music between Us : Is Music a Universal Language?
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ISBN: 1280126159 9786613530011 0226333272 9780226333274 9781280126154 9780226333281 0226333280 9780226142852 022614285X Year: 2012 Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press,

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From our first social bonding as infants to the funeral rites that mark our passing, music plays an important role in our lives, bringing us closer to one another. In The Music between Us, philosopher Kathleen Marie Higgins investigates this role, examining the features of human perception that enable music's uncanny ability to provoke, despite its myriad forms across continents and throughout centuries, the sense of a shared human experience. Drawing on disciplines such as philosophy, psychology, musicology, linguistics, and anthropology, Higgin

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