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 …

The emotions that can be considered members of the set of Aesthetic Emotions (AEs) is
controversial. The present study investigated the terms used by researchers in peer …

Sublime encounters provide a compelling example of the peaks of our shared emotional
and cognitive experiences. For centuries, these have been a target for philosophy and, more …

The sublime–the mixed aesthetic experience of uplift and elevation in response to a
powerful or vast object that otherwise is experienced as menacing–has nurtured …

Some dishes are shocking because of what they contain, such as Korean dog stew to many
Western diners, or horsemeat to the British. Others are shocking merely because of what …

This empirical study examines how philosophical work on the sublime relates to
contemporary psychological work on awe. We operationalized several aspects of the …

This article focuses on the conceptual relationship between awe and the experience of the
sublime. I argue that the experience of the sublime is best conceived as a species of awe …

By the start of the twenty-first century, the notion of 'the sublime'had come to seem
incoherent. In the last ten years or so considerable light has been shed by empirical …

Aesthetics, both in its theoretical and empirical forms, has seen a renewed interest in the
sublime, an aesthetic category dear to traditional philosophers, but quite neglected by …

The aesthetic category of the sublime has been theorized (especially in the Kantian
tradition) as integrally intertwined with the moral. Paradigmatic experiences of the sublime …