Emotions through another lens: a critique of the dichotomic conceptualization of emotions
ISSN: 1989-7022
Year of publication: 2010
Issue Title: Ética y deporte
Issue: 2
Pages: 89-103
Type: Article
More publications in: Dilemata
Abstract
The classical dichotomical framework has shaped the western conceptualization of emotions and is still alive in our common imagery impregnating our own assumptions about the polarity emotion/reason. Thereby, my main purpose is to suggest that another framework can be defended. In order to it, I will firstly analyse the basis of this logic, as well as I will also offer a critique of its main principles and consequences. Finally, as a way of surpassing the old dichotomic model, I will argue in favour of the links between reason and emotions taking into account the new evidences found over the last decades. To conclude, I will point out some of the benefits of replacing a dualistic framework by an interactive one.
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