The navigation of feeling : a framework for the history of emotions / William M. Reddy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reddy, William M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emotions.

Sentimentalism--France--History--18th century.

Sentimentalism.

France.

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Summary:

Offers a new theory that explains the impact of emotions on historical change.

Contents:

Part I What Are Emotions?

1 Answers from Cognitive Psychology 3

2 Answers from Anthropology 34

3 Emotional Expression as a Type of Speech Act 63

4 Emotional Liberty 112

Part II Emotions in History: France, 1700-1850

5 The Flowering of Sentimentalism (1700-1789) 141

6 Sentimentalism in the Making of the French Revolution (1789-1815) 173

7 Liberal Reason, Romantic Passions (1815-1848) 211

8 Personal Destinies: Case Material of the Early Nineteenth Century 257

Appendix A. Detailed Review of Anomalous Cases from the Gazette des Tribunaux Sample 335

Appendix B. Detailed Review of Anomalous Cases from the Tribunal Civil de Versailles Sample 345.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-368) and index.

ISBN:

0521803039

0521004721

OCLC:

45419015