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“Love is limited to Western cultures,” according to others. This chapter explains why all these beliefs are radically wrong. From an evolutionary perspective, love is an adaptation, or more accurately a complex suite of adaptations, designed to solve specific problems of survival and reproduction.
- David M. Buss
- 2018
The first distinction is between chances and outcomes, that is, the difference between opportunities for a good life and the good life itself. A second difference is between outer and inner qualities of life, in other words between 'external' and 'internal' features.
Sep 1, 2021 · To articulate this perspective, this paper offers a brief overview of 14 different eras, spanning a range of global regions, in each case highlighting concepts and concerns that bear some close ...
In the 18th century, the Enlightenment ushered in the notion that happiness was the attainment of a worthy life. Since then the pursuit of happiness has spread to every aspect of behavior,...
One testament to the universality of love and its obstinate refusal to be extinguished can be found in societies that have attempted to banish it (Jankowiak, 1995 ). In the nineteenth century, the Oneida society articulated the view that romantic love was merely disguised sexual lust, and saw no reason to encourage such deceit.
This term only emerged in English in the early 16th century – preceded by the adjective ‘happy’ in the late 14th – both of which implied being lucky and favoured by fortune (McMahon, 2006). Such meanings are reflected in their etymological roots in the Old Norse hap, which similarly underpins terms like happenstance.
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May 22, 2024 · This chapter will discuss the evolutionary significance of happiness, global happiness vs. specific emotions, developmental and sex differences, facial expressions, neural bases, the evolution of affect, various adaptive emotional phenomena, and the measurement of happiness.
