12.03.2017 |
magazine issue | 03/2017
written by Cameron Stuart Kay
In Defense of Anger: An Evolutionary Necessity and its Contemporary Applicability
keywords:
anger / tool / evolution / recalibrational theory / meme
In Defense of Anger: An Evolutionary Necessity and its Contemporary Applicability
Anger is defined as an unpleasant feeling that results from an unpleasant event and it is, therefore, not particularly surprising that so many people dismiss it as a pointless emotion. However, anger has proven to confer a great number of evolutionary benefits on those who utilize it, including (1) improving one’s bargaining position, (2) ensuring the wellbeing of society, (3) signalling to others that you care about the wellbeing of society, and (4) convincing authors to not...
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