Abstract
The theory of emotions predominant in Western European culture describes affects as subjective states. Even the curious concept of unconscious emotion presumes a mind, albeit resistant to phenomenological analysis, which apes conscious experience in all its functional attributes. This view advances the primacy of subjectivity as the determiner of human behavior. Experienced intentions and affects are held to act through the effectors on the world of external objects. However, objective behavior is not the reality of the person; it is only a reflection of the subjective person within.
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Lang, P.J., Miller, G.A., Levin, D.N. (1983). Anxiety and Fear. In: Davidson, R.J., Schwartz, G.E., Shapiro, D. (eds) Consciousness and Self-Regulation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9317-1_4
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