Shadows of the Soul

Christine Tappolet is Full Professor at the Département de philosophie at the Université de Montréal. Her research interests lie mainly in ethics, moral psychology, and emotion theory. She has edited a number of volumes, including, with Sarah Stroud, Weakness of Will and Practical Rationality (2003), and is the author of two books, Émotions et valeurs (2000), and Emotions, Values, and Agency (2016). Fabrice Teroni is Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Geneva. He has published several articles and monographs on the general theory of emotions (The Emotions: A Philosophical Introduction, Routledge 2012), on the nature of shame (In Defense of Shame: The Faces of an Emotion, 2011) and on memory. He has recently edited, with Hichem Naar, The Ontology of Emotions (2017).Anita Konzelmann Ziv was Senior Research and Teaching Assistant in the Philosophy Department at the University of Geneva. Her research focuses on shared and moral emotions. She co-edited Self-Evaluation – Affective and Social Grounds of Intentionality (2011) and Institutions, Emotions, and Group Agents: Contributions to Social Ontology (2013).

• Table of ContentsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction1. Emotionally Charged: The Puzzle of Affective ValenceFabrice Teroni2. Nasty Emotions and the Perception of ValuesChristine Tappolet3. Imaginative Resistance: Negative Emotions, Values and FictionAnne Reboul4. Who is Afraid of Contrary Emotions?Clotilde Calabi and Marco Santambrogio5. Bitter Joys and Sweet SorrowsOlivier Massin6. The Emotion of Being MovedJulien A. Deonna7. The Uncanny and Other Negative Existential FeelingsJérôme Dokic8. Disgustingly handsome: Nausea in the Face of Physical BeautyAnita Konzelmann Ziv9. Stench and Olfactory DisgustVivian Mizrahi10. Anxiety: A Case Study on the Value of Negative EmotionCharlie Kurth11. GriefCarolyn Price12. The Moral Shadows of Shame and ContemptRaffaele Rodogno13. Negative Emotions and RacismLuc Faucher14. How to Think Yourself Out of JealousyRonald de Sousa

"This is a superb, albeit unsettling, volume. Existence without anxiety, grief, disgust, hatred, or jealousy would be unrecognisable and an understanding of such negative emotions is an essential part of the examined life. Ranging from accounts of particular negative emotions to general issues concerning emotional valence, ambivalence, value, and rationality, these essays are essential reading for anyone working on affective phenomena."- Joel Smith, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, The University of Manchester