Emotions Revealed, Second Edition - 2nd Edition,Annotated by Paul Ekman (Paperback)

About the Book

A renowned expert in nonverbal communication, Ekman assembles his research and theories to provide a comprehensive look at the evolutionary roots of human emotions, including anger, sadness, fear, disgust, and happiness.

Book Synopsis

A bestselling, essential guide that will deepen your perception of strangers, loved ones, and those in between. Now featuring new chapters, Emotions Revealed remains a trusted classic.

"A tour de force. If you read this book, you'll never look at other people in quite the same way again."
--Malcolm Gladwell

Renowned psychologist Paul Ekman explains the roots of our emotions--anger, fear, disgust, sadness, and happiness--and shows how they cascade across our faces, providing clear signals to those who can identify the clues. As featured in Malcolm Gladwell's bestseller Blink, Ekman's Facial Action Coding System offers intense training in recognizing feelings in spouses, children, colleagues, even strangers on the street.

In Emotions Revealed, Ekman distills decades of research into a practical, mind-opening, and life-changing guide to reading the emotions of those around us. He answers such questions as: How does our body signal to others whether we are slightly sad or anguished, peeved or enraged? Can we learn to distinguish between a polite smile and the genuine thing? Can we ever truly control our emotions? Packed with unique exercises and photographs, and a new chapter on emotions and lying that encompasses security and terrorism as well as gut decisions, Emotions Revealed is an indispensable resource for navigating our emotional world.

Review Quotes

"A tour de force. If you read this book, you'll never look at other people in quite the same way again."
--Malcolm Gladwell

"There's not been a book on this subject of such range and insight since Darwin's famous Expression of the Emotions more than a century ago."
--Oliver Sacks, author of Awakenings

"A charming, sound, sane map to the world of emotions, the perfect guide."
--Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence

About the Author

Paul Ekman (1934-2025) was the world's foremost expert on facial expressions, a professor emeritus at the University of California in San Francisco, and the author of Emotions Revealed. He served as an adviser to police departments, antiterrorism groups, and animation studios, and his research inspired Lie to Me, the FOX TV series.