The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

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Cambridge University Press, 26 wrz 2013 - 400
When this monograph was first published in 1872, there already existed a good deal of thought on facial expression via the study of physiognomy; this work, notes Charles Darwin (1809-82), was full of 'surprising nonsense'. Setting aside the assumption of previous studies that human facial muscles were created specifically for a range of expressions unique to the species, Darwin sets out here to make a systematic study of both human and animal expression. The range of his research is extraordinarily wide: he not only experimented on himself, but observed infants, consulted doctors in psychiatric hospitals and sent out requests to missionaries and travellers for first-hand notes on the expressions of aboriginal peoples. Learned, meticulous and illustrated with an impressive array of drawings, photographs and engravings, Darwin's work stands as an important contribution to the study of human behaviour and its origins.
 

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INTRODUCTION Page8126
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The Principle of AntithesisInstances in the dog and catOrigin
50
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EXPRESSION
66
The emission of soundsVocal soundsSounds otherwise pro
83
The Dog various expressive movements of OatsHorses
116
SUFFERING
147
General effect of grief on the systemObliquity of the eye
178
Laughter primarily the expression of joyLudicrous ideas
198
REFLEGTIONMEDITATIONILLTEMPEB
222
HatredRage effects of on the systemUncovering of the teeth
239
DIsnAIN CoNTaMPT DISGUBT GUILT
254
Surprise astonishmentElevation of the eyebrowsOpening
278
Nature of a blushInheritanceThe parts of the body most
310
The three leading principles which have determined the chief move
348
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Charles Robert Darwin, born in 1809, was an English naturalist who founded the theory of Darwinism, the belief in evolution as determined by natural selection. Although Darwin studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and then studied at Cambridge University to become a minister, he had been interested in natural history all his life. His grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, was a noted English poet, physician, and botanist who was interested in evolutionary development. Darwin's works have had an incalculable effect on all aspects of the modern thought. Darwin's most famous and influential work, On the Origin of Species, provoked immediate controversy. Darwin's other books include Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle, The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. Charles Darwin died in 1882.

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