Emotions in history : lost and found / Ute Frevert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frevert, Ute.

Series:

Natalie Zemon Davis annual lecture series.

The Natalie Zemon Davis annual lecture series at Central European University, Budapest, 1996-1197

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emotions--History.

Emotions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Central European University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Coming to terms with emotions and how they influence human behaviour, seems to be of the utmost importance to societies that are obsessed with everything "neuro." On the other hand, emotions have become an object of constant individual and social manipulation since "emotional intelligence" emerged as a buzzword of our times. Reflecting on this burgeoning interest in human emotions makes one think of how this interest developed and what fuelled it. From a historian's point of view, it can be traced back to classical antiquity. But it has undergone shifts and changes which can in turn shed light on social concepts of the self and its relation to other human beings (and nature). The volume focuses on the historicity of emotions and explores the processes that brought them to the fore of public interest and debate.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Content

List of Illustrations

Preface and acknowledgments

The historical economy of emotions: Introduction

Chapter 1. Losing emotions

Chapter 2. Gendering emotions

Chapter 3. Finding emotions

Emotions lost and found: Conclusions and perspectives

Notes

Index of names

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-71933-3

9786155225031

615-5225-03-6

615-5053-35-9

2-8218-1495-X

1-283-29290-4

9786613292902

1-4416-9795-0

9781003719335

OCLC:

759922798