A Natural History of Human Emotions

With Darwin's The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) as his catalyst, the British author of Out of It: A Cultural History of Intoxication surveys how science, philosophy, and literature treat emotions. Interesting examples illustrate how apparently universal emotions from fear to happiness are expressed in culturally-conditioned ways. Walton also traces changing norms about which emotions are acceptable to express in public. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR