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[ASA Delivery] Statement of Strategic Regret

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Expressing Strategic Regret
 

The Surprising Role of Negative Emotions, as Revealed by Psychology
 

By Asuka Komiya
 

ISBN: 9784022953865
 

List Price: 990 yen (tax included)
 

Release Date: September 11, 2026
 

Paperback, 216 pages, Shinsho 1074
 

Is regret really an “evil” that should be avoided?
 

The goal of this book is to restore regret to its rightful place.
 

Regret transforms past failures into lessons and guides us toward better choices in the future. Furthermore, voicing regret is a way of communicating to others how we have lived and how we wish to live from now on. Regret is not merely an emotion that causes pain within the heart. It is an emotion that emerges between people and connects them.
 

Regret—that “unpopular” emotion we tend to avoid—its secrets are thoroughly explained based on the latest research.
 

 

Table of Contents
 

[Chapter 1] Regret and the World of “What Ifs”
 

・What Is Regret?
 

・“I did it!” vs. “I wish I had…”
 

・Do Animals Feel Regret?　　
 

 

[Chapter 2] The Landscape of Regret
 

・What Do We Regret?—Life’s Greatest Regrets
 

・Where Do We Feel Regret? [Cultural Differences]
 

・When Do We Regret? [Age Differences]
 

・Who Regrets? [Gender Differences]
 

 

[Chapter 3] Joining the After-the-Fact Party
 

・Why Do People Regret?
 

・Anticipatory Regret and Its Effects
 

・The Pitfalls of Regret
 

 

[Chapter 4] Experience, Expression, and Articulation—The Evolution of Emotion, or Spandrels
 

・Emotion and Evolution
 

・Criticism of the Spandrel Theory
 

・The Social Functions of Emotion
 

 

[Chapter 5] What Regret Communicates
 

・What Communicates “Regret” vs. What “Regret” Communicates
 

・Regret in Apologies
 

・Regret in Negotiation Situations
 

 

[Chapter 6] Regret That Is Shown, Regret That Is Hidden
 

・Regret That Is Spoken
 

・Regret That Is Shared
 

・Regret That Is Hidden
 

 

[Chapter 7] A Future That Begins with Regret
 

・Is a Life Without Regret a Good Life?
 

・To What Extent Can We Trust Regret?
 

・What Is Strategic Regret?
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