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...affectively neutral experience, if we can envisage it at all, would be pointless. Creatures without emotions would have no reason for living, nor, for that matter, for committing suicide. —Jon Elster (1989, p. 61) Emotions are the stuff of political life, too. Without emotion, what would...

...work might be needed or where emphasis might most usefully be placed. WHY EMOTIONS MATTER Most simply, emotions matter because if we did not have them nothing...committing suicide. Emotions are the stuff of life. Subjectively, emotions matter because we feel them so strongly, and because they can be intensely pleasant...

...going along with Elster (at least the Elster ofAlchemies of the Mind2} and arguing that quite 'simply, emotions matter because if we did not have them nothing...for committing suicide. Emotions are the stuff of life.'3 In exactly the same vein, St Augustine asked rhetorically if we would not consider a general...

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...everyday sense, and with the big issues of life. John Elster captures the point well: Most simply, emotions matter because if we did not have them nothing...are the most important bond or glue that links us together.1 But how do they matter? A close look at the experiences above gives us some clues. What...

...issues of life. John Elster captures the point well: Most simply, emotions matter because if we did nor have them nothing else would matter. Creatures without...are the most important bond or glue that links us together. 1 But how do they matter? A close look at the experiences above gives us some clues. What...

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...previously unknown to the rescuer, are noble evidence for the limitations M "Most simply," Elster claims, "emotions matter because if we did not have them nothing...committing suicide. Emotions are the stuff of life" (Elster 1999, 403). '" As Polletta and Amenta point out in their essay that concludes Passionate Politics:...