The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

by Charles Darwin, Sharon Messenger (Editor), Joe Cain (Introduction)

Overview

Published in 1872, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals was a book at the very heart of Darwin's research interests - a central pillar of his 'human' series. This book engaged some of the hardest questions in the evolution debate, and it showed the ever-cautious Darwin at his boldest. If Darwin had one goal with Expression, it was to demonstrate the power of his theories for explaining the origin of our most cherished human qualities: morality and intellect. As Darwin explained, "He who admits, on general grounds, that the structure and habits of all animals have been gradually evolved, will look at the whole subject of Expression in a new and interesting light."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780141924533
Publisher:	Penguin UK
Publication date:	05/28/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	28 MB
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About the Author

Charles Darwin was born in 1809 to an upper-middle-class medical family. He was destined for a career in either medicine or the Anglican Church but never completed his medical studies: his future changed entirely in 1831 when he joined HMS Beagle as a naturalist. On returning to England in 1836 he began to write up his theories and observations which culminated in a series of books, most famously On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection in 1859. He died in 1882 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.Joe Cain is Senior Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Biology at University College London (UCL). His expertise is in the history of evolutionary studies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Darwin and historical memory.

Date of Birth:

February 12, 1809

Date of Death:

April 19, 1882

Place of Birth:

Shrewsbury, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

B.A. in Theology, Christ¿s College, Cambridge University, 1831

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. General principles of expression; 2. General principles of expression (continued); 3. General principles of expression (concluded); 4. Means of expression in animals; 5. Special expressions of animals; 6. Special expressions of man: suffering and weeping; 7. Low spirits, anxiety, grief, dejection, despair; 8. Joy, high spirits, love, tender feelings, devotion; 9. Reflection, meditation, ill-temper, sulkiness, determination; 10. Hatred and anger; 11. Disdain, contempt, disgust, guilt, pride, etc.; 12. Surprise, astonishment, fear, horror; 13. Self-attention, shame, shyness, modesty, blushing; 14. Concluding remarks and summary; Index.

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" He who admits, on general grounds, that the structure and habits of all animals have been gradually evolved will look at the whole subject of Expression in a new and interesting light."
-Charles Darwin

Editorial Reviews

Ekman (psychology, UC San Francisco) presents a work that was well known during Darwin's lifetime, providing notes throughout, as well as an introduction, afterword, and appendices. Darwin's text itself goes into great detail describing facial and bodily expressions corresponding to dozens of emotions in humans, dogs, horses, apes, and other animals. Photographs, drawings and woodcuts illustrate the expressions described. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

Darwin's most readable and human book, full of enchanting observations, provocative theories, and remarkable photographs....This new comprehensive edition of "Expression" will introduce a new generation of readers to Darwin's masterpiece, undiminished and intensely relevant even 125 years after publication. -- Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks

"Over many years, while engaged on other work, Darwin was researching the Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, his most extraordinary and approachable book, rich in observed detail and brilliant speculation, beautifully illustrated—one of the first scientific books to use photographs, including some of his own baby pouting and laughing—and now available in a third edition, prepared and annotated by the great American psychologist of the emotions, Paul Ekman... Darwin's book was out of favour for a long time after his death. The climate of opinion has changed now, and Ekman's superb edition is a major publishing event and has been enthusiastically welcomed."— From a lecture, entitled Science and Human Nature, given at Oxford University by Ian McEwan

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