Emotion: A Very Short Introduction

Emotion is a fairly modern word. Philosophers such as Plato and Hume used defining sets of words to categorize a range of human feels in their early writings. They did their best to describe the complexities of our deepest sentiments, which are incredibly interesting to read. Nowadays, I feel like they would have been confused, baffled, or uninterested in putting such a complex range under a wide umbrella as emotion. I can envision them even scoffing at me with the comparison. This got me thinking. How do you describe emotion? Well, this book takes an interesting look at when the word was first used, how the term butts heads with a number of vastly different states of mind, and even covers those who champion emotional intelligence over the more positive and negative connotations of the term. Hello, Vulcans!
***If you are wondering, there are quite a few Star Trek references. It's uber fascinating!