Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP. I GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EXPRESSION
- CHAP. II GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EXPRESSION—continued
- CHAP. III GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EXPRESSION—concluded
- CHAP. IV MEANS OF EXPRESSION IN ANIMALS
- CHAP. V SPECIAL EXPRESSIONS OF ANIMALS
- CHAP. VI SPECIAL EXPRESSIONS OF MAN: SUFFERING AND WEEPING
- CHAP. VII LOW SPIRITS, ANXIETY, GRIEF, DEJECTION, DESPAIR
- CHAP. VIII JOY, HIGH SPIRITS, LOVE, TENDER FEELINGS, DEVOTION
- CHAP. IX REFLECTION—MEDITATION—ILL-TEMPER—SULKINESS—DETERMINATION
- CHAP. X HATRED AND ANGER
- CHAP. XI DISDAIN — CONTEMPT — DISGUST — GUILT — PRIDE, ETC. — HELPLESSNESS — PATIENCE — AFFIRMATION AND NEGATION
- CHAP. XII SURPRISE—ASTONISHMENT—FEAR—HORROR
- CHAP. XIII SELF-ATTENTION—SHAME—SHYNESS—MODESTY: BLUSHING
- CHAP. XIV CONCLUDING REMARKS AND SUMMARY
- INDEX
- Plate section
CHAP. XI - DISDAIN — CONTEMPT — DISGUST — GUILT — PRIDE, ETC. — HELPLESSNESS — PATIENCE — AFFIRMATION AND NEGATION
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2010
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP. I GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EXPRESSION
- CHAP. II GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EXPRESSION—continued
- CHAP. III GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EXPRESSION—concluded
- CHAP. IV MEANS OF EXPRESSION IN ANIMALS
- CHAP. V SPECIAL EXPRESSIONS OF ANIMALS
- CHAP. VI SPECIAL EXPRESSIONS OF MAN: SUFFERING AND WEEPING
- CHAP. VII LOW SPIRITS, ANXIETY, GRIEF, DEJECTION, DESPAIR
- CHAP. VIII JOY, HIGH SPIRITS, LOVE, TENDER FEELINGS, DEVOTION
- CHAP. IX REFLECTION—MEDITATION—ILL-TEMPER—SULKINESS—DETERMINATION
- CHAP. X HATRED AND ANGER
- CHAP. XI DISDAIN — CONTEMPT — DISGUST — GUILT — PRIDE, ETC. — HELPLESSNESS — PATIENCE — AFFIRMATION AND NEGATION
- CHAP. XII SURPRISE—ASTONISHMENT—FEAR—HORROR
- CHAP. XIII SELF-ATTENTION—SHAME—SHYNESS—MODESTY: BLUSHING
- CHAP. XIV CONCLUDING REMARKS AND SUMMARY
- INDEX
- Plate section
Summary
Scorn and disdain can hardly be distinguished from contempt, excepting that they imply a rather more angry frame of mind. Nor can they be clearly distinguished from the feelings discussed in the last chapter under the terms of sneering and defiance. Disgust is a sensation rather more distinct in its nature, and refers to something revolting, primarily in relation to the sense of taste, as actually perceived or vividly imagined; and secondarily to anything which causes a similar feeling, through the sense of smell, touch, and even of eyesight. Nevertheless, extreme contempt, or, as it is often called, loathing contempt, hardly differs from disgust. These several conditions of the mind are, therefore, nearly related; and each of them may be exhibited in many different ways. Some writers have insisted chiefly on one mode of expression, and others on a different mode. From this circumstance M. Lemoine has argued that their descriptions are not trustworthy. But we shall immediately see that it is natural that the feelings which we have here to consider should be expressed in many different ways, inasmuch as various habitual actions serve equally well, through the principle of association, for their expression.
Scorn and disdain, as well as sneering and defiance, may be displayed by a slight uncovering of the canine tooth on one side of the face; and this movement appears to graduate into one closely like a smile.
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- The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals , pp. 265 - 292Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1890