Emotional Contagion : The Aristotelian Compassio in Medieval Medicine and Philosophy
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Artes Liberales
ISBN-10
152616888X
ISBN-13
9781526168887
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Imprint
Manchester University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 11th, 2025
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
524 grams
Dimensions
14.60 x 22.30 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: classical, early & medievalEuropean historyMedieval historyHistory of medicine
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This book addresses a universal problem: the transmission of psycho-physiological reactions from one person to another, and illuminates the twofold enigma, that of the trajectory of the term compassio, and that of explaining the phenomenon it denoted. -- .
Yawning makes one yawn, crying makes one cry. In the same way, a shiver, appetite, sexual desire and confidence are transmitted from one person to another. These examples capture the contagion-like dimension of emotion, spreading rapidly among people with tangible behavioural manifestations. Emotional contagion still challenges scientific explanation, and philosophical, scientific and anthropological topics converge around this issue. In Medieval Latin, there is a specific name for this contagion: compassio (compassion). Etymologically, compassion means the co-experience of a passion, involving an involuntary reaction of the soul or the body imitating the reactions of others. The book investigates how these topics were treated in medieval learned texts, and illuminates the twofold enigma, that of the trajectory of the term compassio, and that of explaining the phenomenon it denoted.
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