Book reviews [International Journal of Emotional Education, 13(1)]

Abstract

Several key themes run through the following book reviews. The first one is about time, whether past, present or future. This theme interacts with the second, which concerns the social and historical contexts in which the educational and emotional needs of children and young people are met through trusting relationships with their teachers and through mindfulness activities and self-reflection, or, as you will see, decidedly not met when the guardians create systems that oppress children and cause them acute mental distress. A third theme is about the use and misuse of the social media, including an overview of cyberbullying among peers, colleagues and romantic partners; there is also an intriguing discussion about the capacity of machines to express and experience empathy through technological advances in emotional artificial intelligence (AI). [excerpt]