The Transmission of Affect

The Transmission of Affect

by Teresa Brennan
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Publisher:
Cornell University Press
Genre:Philosophy
Language: en
Published:2004
ISBN13:9780801488627
ISBN10:0801488621

About the Book

The idea that one can 'soak up' someone else's mood or sense the tension in a room is familiar - as in 'negative energy'. This ability to borrow or share states of mind is now pathologized, as the author shows in relation to affective transfer in psychiatric clinics.