Ukta concept for anger

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Chapter 7 endnote 30, from How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett.
Some context is:

Utka Eskimos have no concept of “Anger.”

The Utka do have a word for "Anger," but it's not clear what the referent concept is. On one reading, the Utka concept has similarities to the English language concept "Anger."[1][2] But in another interpretation, the concept is more like "Childish, Dangerous Behavior."[3]


Notes on the Notes

  1. Mesquita, Batja. 2022. Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotion. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company.
  2. Russell, James A. 1991. “Culture and the Categorization of Emotions.” Psychological Bulletin 110(3): 426–450.
  3. Calhoun, Cheshire & Solomon, Robert C. 1984. What is an Emotion? Classic Readings in Philosophical Psychology. New York: Oxford University.