publication . Article . Other literature type . 2017

The Sudden Devotion Emotion: Kama Muta and the Cultural Practices Whose Function Is to Evoke It

Name: The Sudden Devotion Emotion: Kama Muta and the Cultural Practices Whose Function Is to Evoke It:
Keywords: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Social Psychology, Coevolution, Communal sharing, Cultural evolution, Love, Prosocial motives, Relational models, Self-transcendent emotions, Union, :Ciências Sociais::Psicologia [Domínio/Área Científica], Cognitive Sciences, Philosophy

Beate Seibt; Beate Seibt; Thomas Schubert; Thomas Schubert; Alan Page Fiske; Alan Page Fiske; Alan Page Fiske;

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Published: 13 Nov 2017 Journal: Emotion Review, volume 11, pages 74-86 (issn: 1754-0739, eissn: 1754-0747,

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Summary

Abstract

When communal sharing relationships (CSRs) suddenly intensify, people experience an emotion that English speakers may label, depending on context, “moved,” “touched,” “heart-warming,” “nostalgia,” “patriotism,” or “rapture” (although sometimes people use each of these terms for other emotions). We call the emotion kama muta (Sanskrit, “moved by love”). Kama muta evokes adaptive motives to devote and commit to the CSRs that are fundamental to social life. It occurs in diverse contexts and appears to be pervasive across cultures and throughout history, while people experience it with reference to its cultural and contextual meanings. Cultures have evolved diverse ...

doi: 10.1177/1754073917723167

handle: 10071/16225

Subjects

free text keywords: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Social Psychology, Coevolution, Communal sharing, Cultural evolution, Love, Prosocial motives, Relational models, Self-transcendent emotions, Union, :Ciências Sociais::Psicologia [Domínio/Área Científica], Cognitive Sciences, Philosophy, Collective effervescence, Psychology, Sociocultural evolution

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