Emotions in Cultural Context

Girishwar Misra, is former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University, Wardha, India having served as Professor of Psychology at Delhi University for two decades. Earlier he has taught at Gorakhpur, Allahabad and Bhopal Universities. During his five decades long academic career he has undertaken research and supervised doctoral students in areas of human development, emotions, self and well being and cultural psychology. He has published more than 200 research papers and book chapters in national and international journals and volumes. His publications include Applied Social Psychology in India((SAGE),Psychology and Societal Development( Concept), Psychology in India: Advances in Research( Pearson) , Handbook of Psychology in India( Oxford) , Psychology and Psychoanalysis, and Psychosocial Interventions for Health and Well-being( Springer). He was Chief Editor of Psychological Studies (Springer) and 5th and 6th ICSSR Surveys in Psychology. A Past President of National Academy of Psychology, India he was awarded National Fellowship of the ICSSR, Fulbright Senior Fellowship and Fulbright-Nehru Lecturer ship and Fellowship.  Indiwar Misra has a Ph.D. in Psychology from IIT Kharagpur. He is Assistant Professor at B.R. Ambedker College, University of Delhi. Earlier served as faculty in Humanities and Social Sciences at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorki.  With 11 years in teaching and research he has published in International Journal of Neuroscience, Laterality, Psychology and Developing Societies, Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling, International Journal.)  He has co authored a major review chapter for the International Handbook of Creativity (Eds. Kaufman and Sternberg, Cambridge University Press). He has supervised four doctoral students.   His current research interest includes hemispheric lateralization, emotions, media influences and positive psychology. He has completed projects sponsored by the Indian Council of Social science research.

• Part I. Theoretical Perspectives on Emotions.- Understanding Emotions: Perspectives from Neuroscience.- Emotions in Cultural Context.- Bridging the Self-Other Divide: Rasa, Self-transformation and Well-being in Indian Psychology.- Emotions in Social and Cultural Spaces and their Role in Meaning Making.- An Integrated Approach to the Conceptualisation of Emotion Regulation in Diverse Cultures.- Micro-Momentary Emotional Expressions: A Life-Span Perspective.- Emotions at work: Applications of Emotional Intelligence.- Part II. Cultural Context and Development of Emotions.- Parenting and Emotions: An Understanding of Parental Emotional Regulation.- Exploring Some Cultural Factors in Recognition of Emotions in Children through Mothers’ Recollection: A Memory-Based Method.- Emotional Empowerment in High School Life.- Emotions and Learning: Perceptions of Indian Children.- Psychological Approaches to Fostering Positive Emotions in Cultural Context.- Youth and Technology: Leveraging EmotionalIntelligence to Resist from Falling into Digital Dystopia.- Emotions as Metaphors: Critically Reconstructing Psychiatric and Cultural Discourses for Trauma and Healing.- Part III. Facets of Emotion.- Compassion, Kindness and Moral Wellbeing: Indian Perspectives.- Emotions in Romantic Relationships.- Indigenous Perspectives on Happiness: Insights from Indian Traditions.- Knowledge, Emotions and Well-being: A Vision into Psychic Conflicts from the Khoshias of Western Himalaya.- Lajja: The Missing ‘Basic’ Emotion in the Natya Shastra and What that tells us about the Hindu Moral Code.- How Do East Asians Perceive and Cope with Psychological Distress and Stressful Situations? A Cultural-Psychological Perspective.- Anger, Aggression and Violence and their Management .- Part IV. Émotions and Self Transformation.- Emotional Creativity: Applied Concerns.- Self and Emotions: Implications for Well-being.- Bhakti Rasa: The First and The Last Step to Freedom.- True Love: The Penultimate Emotion.- Rasa and Savoring: A Comparative Study of Aesthetic Emotions.- Bodhicitta and Practice of Peace.- Hope . . . An Implacable Cosmos-Endowed Vitalism.- Post Script - Emotion and Human Sciences On the forms of knowing.- Index.