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Between Us

How Cultures Create Emotions
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Between Us by Batja Mesquita delves into the nuanced world of emotions, examining how they are shaped by cultural contexts and interpersonal relationships. The book provides insights into understanding and reconciling emotional differences across cultures. It offers readers a path to enhanced personal development by fostering empathy and improving communication skills through a broader awareness of emotional diversity.
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Format: Hardback
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This book may appeal to you if you're curious about the differences in how emotions are experienced and expressed across various cultures. It delves into the profound impact that cultural contexts have on our emotional lives and how understanding this can improve personal and cross-cultural relationships.

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Between Us

A pioneer of cultural psychology argues that emotions are not innate, but made as we live our lives together

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“How are you feeling today?” We may think of emotions as universal responses, felt inside, but in Between Us, acclaimed psychologist Batja Mesquita asks us to reconsider them through the lens of what they do in our relationships, both one-on-one and within larger social networks.

From an outside-in perspective, readers will understand why pride in a Dutch context does not translate well to the same emotion in North Carolina, or why one's anger at a boss does not mean the same as your anger at a partner in a close relationship. By looking outward at relationships at work, school, and home, we can better judge how our emotions will be understood, how they might change a situation, and how they change us.

Brilliantly synthesising original psychological studies and stories from peoples across time and geography, Between Us skillfully argues that acknowledging differences in emotions allows us to find common ground, humanising and humbling us all for the better.

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Between Us by Batja Mesquita offers valuable insights into the origins of emotions, featuring a wide range of cross-cultural studies. The book is enriched by personal anecdotes reflecting immigrants' challenges in balancing different emotional and social environments.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781324002444

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 August 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Illustration: 10 figures

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 165.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 516g

Pages: 304

About the Author

Batja Mesquita is a social psychologist, an affective scientist, and a pioneer of cultural psychology. She is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Leuven, Belgium, and director of the Center for Social and Cultural Psychology at the University of Leuven.

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