Book contents
- The Story of Constitutions
- Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
- The Story of Constitutions
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Prologue
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Constitutional Diffusion
- Part II The History of the Constitution
- Part III Concepts, Shapes and Types of Constitutions
- Part IV Effects
- Part V The Imagined Order of the Constitution
- 24 The Constitution’s Beating Heart
- 25 The Roots of the Tree of Knowledge
- 26 Constitutions as Vehicles for Legitimacy
- 27 The Story of the Constitution
- 28 Appealing to the Imagination
- 29 Once upon a Time … There Was the Constitution
- References
- Name & Author Index
- Subject Index
24 - The Constitution’s Beating Heart
Emotions
from Part V - The Imagined Order of the Constitution
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2023
Book contents
- The Story of Constitutions
- Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
- The Story of Constitutions
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Prologue
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Constitutional Diffusion
- Part II The History of the Constitution
- Part III Concepts, Shapes and Types of Constitutions
- Part IV Effects
- Part V The Imagined Order of the Constitution
- 24 The Constitution’s Beating Heart
- 25 The Roots of the Tree of Knowledge
- 26 Constitutions as Vehicles for Legitimacy
- 27 The Story of the Constitution
- 28 Appealing to the Imagination
- 29 Once upon a Time … There Was the Constitution
- References
- Name & Author Index
- Subject Index
Summary
Constitutions are not mere sets of written words and letters: they, most of the time, touch upon deeper layers of human nature - our emotions. Constitutions are imagined worlds we use as an element to craft social reality. Cognitive sciences help us understand how we use emotional rationality to do this.
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- The Story of ConstitutionsDiscovering the We in Us, pp. 283 - 295Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023