ReviewFrontiers in psychology2020
Awe and the Experience of the Sublime: A Complex Relationship.
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- From appraisal to word-of-mouth: affective pathways through awe and restoration in high-altitude ecocultural tourism using a mixed-methods design.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Threefold relationship between ideal humanity and sublime beauty in Chinese art forms.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- The bright side of words: Norms for 9000 Spanish words in seven discrete positive emotions.Behavior research methods · 2024Article
- Unveiling the underlying structure of awe in virtual reality and in autobiographical recall: an exploratory study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Scientific experiments beyond surprise and beauty.European journal for philosophy of science · 2023Article
- Virtual Reality for Awe and Imagination.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2023Article
- A review of psychological research onFrontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- Awe experiences, the sublime, and spiritual well-being in Arctic wilderness.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- An analysis of awe evoked by COVID-19 on green purchasing behavior: A dual-path effect of approach-avoidance motivation.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- A Qualitative Study on Emotions Experienced at the Coast and Their Influence on Well-Being.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Awe seems to be a complex emotion or emotional construct characterized by a mix of positive (contentment, happiness), and negative affective components (fear and a sense of being smaller, humbler or insignificant). It is striking that the elicitors of awe correspond closely to what philosophical aesthetics, and especially Burke and Kant, have called "the sublime." As a matter of fact, awe is almost absent from the philosophical agenda, while there are very few studies on the experience of the sublime as such in the psychological literature. The aim of this paper is to throw light on the complex relationship between awe (as understood by psychologists) and the experience of the sublime (as discussed by philosophers). We distinguish seven ways of conceiving this relationship and highlight those that seem more promising to us. Once we have a clearer picture of how awe and the experience of the sublime are related, we can use it to enhance collaboration between these domains. We would be able to use empirical results about awe in a philosophical analysis of the experience of the sublime, which in turn can help us to design novel experimental hypotheses about the contexts in which we experience awe.
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