02836oam 2200721I 450 991077863410332120190503073420.00-262-26254-10-262-27231-80-585-07773-8(CKB)111000211168242(EBL)3338881(SSID)ssj0000252524(PQKBManifestationID)11237363(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000252524(PQKBWorkID)10180503(PQKB)10271932(MiAaPQ)EBC3338881(OCoLC)881683940(OCoLC)939263736(OCoLC-P)881683940(MaCbMITP)6498(Au-PeEL)EBL3338881(CaPaEBR)ebr10229596(OCoLC)939263736(EXLCZ)9911100021116824220140624d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStrong feelings emotion, addiction, and human behavior /Jon ElsterCambridge, Massachusetts :The MIT Press,[1999]©19991 online resource (261 p.)The Jean Nicod lectures ;1997"A Bradford book."0-262-55036-9 0-262-05056-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-245) and index.Contents; Series Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 - Introduction; 2 - Emotion; 3 - Addiction; 4 - Culture, Emotion, and Addiction; 5 - Choice, Emotion, and Addiction; 6 - Conclusion; Notes; References; IndexThe book is organized around parallel analyses of emotion and addiction in order to bring out similarities as well as differences. Elster's study sheds fresh light on the generation of human behavior, ultimately revealing how cognition, choice, and rationality are undermined by the physical processes that underlie strong emotions and cravings. This book will be of particular interest to those studying the variety of human motivations who are dissatisfied with the prevailing reductionisms.Jean Nicod lectures ;1997.EmotionsAddictsPsychologyCompulsive behaviorEtiologySubstance abuseEtiologyChoice (Psychology)COGNITIVE SCIENCES/GeneralCOGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/Cognitive PsychologyEmotions.AddictsPsychology.Compulsive behaviorEtiology.Substance abuseEtiology.Choice (Psychology)616.86Elster Jon1940-35657OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910778634103321Strong Feelings39438UNINA