{"product_id":"heaven-and-hell-the-psychology-of-the-emotions-1","title":"Heaven and Hell: The Psychology of the Emotions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeaven and hell are not merely places we may go to.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey are states of mind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvery day, we move between them.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove can transform a life. Loneliness can diminish it. Gratitude can sustain us through adversity, while envy can quietly erode achievement. Hope can carry us forward; humiliation can shape a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe events of our lives matter. But how we experience them matters just as much.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet despite their extraordinary power, few of us ever learn to understand our inner emotional life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe study the world but neglect ourselves.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven after training as a doctor and specializing in psychiatry, Neel Burton realized he had never been taught to think systematically about the emotions. That realization led him to explore one of the most important—and neglected—subjects in human life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeaven and Hell\u003c\/em\u003e draws on psychology, psychiatry, philosophy, literature, history, and clinical experience to examine more than twenty-five emotions and emotional states, including boredom, loneliness, shame, pride, humiliation, gratitude, envy, greed, hope, nostalgia, ambition, anger, forgiveness, empathy, love, self-esteem, wonder, and ecstasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, Burton shows that emotions are not obstacles to reason, but the framework within which reason operates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey shape what we notice, value, and choose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmotional suffering, Burton argues, is often not caused by feeling too much—but by failing to understand what one is feeling, or what that feeling is for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInsightful, provocative, and deeply humane, \u003cem\u003eHeaven and Hell\u003c\/em\u003e offers a richer way of understanding human life—one in which emotion is not the enemy of reason, but its foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the forces that most shape us are not external.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are the ones we carry within.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Neel Burton FRSA is a psychiatrist and philosopher. He is a Fellow of Green-Templeton College in the University of Oxford, and the recipient of multiple literary awards. His work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eAeon\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/em\u003e, and has been translated into several languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditorial reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA wide-ranging and impassioned survey.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fascinating read. Challenges our understanding of emotions we experience but do not really think about.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—British Medical Association Book Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fascinating work. Emotions propel all of human life, yet few people take the time to understand their power.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—BookBub\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn entirely new way of looking at the emotions.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Readers’ Favorite\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI do love to read a book that gives me a mental workout, and this one certainly had my brain doing calisthenics!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jamie Bee, Amazon Top 50 Reviewer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Acheron Press","offers":[{"title":"Case Bound - PPC","offer_id":67235891151152,"sku":"9781913260255","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/heaven-and-hell-the-psychology-of-the-emotions-1","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}