This 24-lecture course attempts to understand our emotions--how they provide insight and meaning--and the extent to which we are not passive but active regarding them. Our emotions, according to a recent theory, are imbued with intelligence, and a person's emotional repertoire is not a mattter of fate but a matter of emotional integrity.

Parts 1 and 2 in separate containers.
12 audiocassettes (720 min.) : analog, stereo, Dolby-processed + 2 course guidebooks.

Contents:
Lecture 1. Emotions as engagements with the world.
lecture 2. The wrath of Achilles.
lecture 3. It's good to be afraid.
lecture 4. Lessons of love: Plato's Symposium.
lecture 5. We are not alone: compassion and empathy.
lecture 6. Noble? Or deadly sin: pride and shame --
lecture 7. Nasty: Iago's envy, Othello's jealousy --
lecture 8. Nastier: resentment and vengeance --
lecture 9. A death in the family: the logic of grief --
lecture 10: James and the bear: emotions and feelings --
lecture 11. Freud's catharsis: the hydraulic model --
lecture 12. Are emotions "in" the mind? --
lecture 13. How emotions are intelligent --
lecture 14. Emotions as judgments --
lecture 15. Beyond boohoo and hooray --
lecture 16. Emotions are rational --
lecture 17. Emotions and responsibility --
lecture 18. Emotions in ethics --
lecture 19. Emotions and the self --
lecture 20. What is emotional experience? --
lecture 21. Emotions across cultures: universals --
lecture 22. Emotions across cultures: differences --
lecture 23. Laughter and music --
lecture 24. Happiness and spirituality.