Abstract
In this essay, I comment on some of the points Ratner makes in his paper, ‘A Cultural-Psychological Analysis of Emotions’ (Ratner, 2000). I suggest that, as Ratner implies, emotions are best understood as cognitive appraisals of situations or events that are made on the basis of cultural beliefs and norms, and that implicate the self, deeply and importantly. I also argue that while it is necessary to distinguish between emotions and bodily feelings, it is equally necessary that emotion researchers recognize that emotions are grounded in our physical bodies. I present, very briefly, the indigenous theory of emotions developed in Hindu India and I describe the way emotions are understood and experienced in the temple town of Bhubaneshwar in Orissa, India, where I do my research.
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