Histories of emotion : modern - premodern / Rüdiger Schnell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schnell, Rüdiger, author.

Contributor:

Walter de Gruyter & Co.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emotions (Philosophy)--History.

Emotions (Philosophy).

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 308 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

I Sex and Love in Medieval Marriages p. 12

1 Liutprand of Cremona (920-ca. 972) p. 12

2 Ordericus Vitalis (1075-ca. 1142) p. 17

II Approaches and Aims p. 22

1 Emotions in History - History of Emotions p. 22

2 Histories of Emotion. Objects and Aims p. 30

a What is the Object of a Study of Emotion? p. 35

b What is the Cognitive Interest of a Study of Emotion? p. 41

c What Methods and Theories do Emotion Studies Use? p. 43

3 Theses and Theories p. 46

a Emotionology and Communication p. 46

b Emotives vs Literacy p. 51

c Emotional Communities. Illusions? p. 55

d Practices. Limited Insights p. 62

e Neurohistory and Bioculture. Exaggerated Expectations? p. 67

4 The Relation and Reception of Theories p. 72

III Communication through Signs of Emotions p. 81

IV History - Histories p. 95

1 The History of Emotion - Which Historical Model? p. 95

2 The Master Narratives of Modernity and Text Analysis p. 101

a Subjectivity/Identity/The Self p. 107

b Interiorisation and Privatisation/Rendering Intimate p. 111

(a) Action vs 'Feeling' p. 112

(b) Rendering Intimate/Privatisation p. 116

c The Integration of Love and Sexuality p. 130

d Parental Love p. 139

3 Modern Perspectives - Medieval Findings. Text Analyses p. 146

a Medieval Table Manners p. 146

b Shame, Disgust, and Honour. Developments and Counter-Developments p. 149

4 Blame and Exoneration p. 156

V Histories of Terms and Concepts p. 162

1 Discourse and Experience p. 162

a The Plurality of Conceptions p. 162

b Learned Discourses and Everyday Experiences p. 165

c Premodern Terminology and Modern Languages p. 166

d Conceptualisations in National Languages p. 174

2 Taking Stock p. 176

3 The Thesis p. 184

VI Premodern/Modern Emotions. Case Studies p. 191

1 Acedia - Melancholia - Depression p. 192

2 Disgust and Aesthetics p. 197

3 Angst/Furcht (Fear, Dread, Anxiety) p. 200

4 Jealousy p. 206

5 Shame and Love p. 215

VII Historical Emotion Research in 2019 p. 223

1 A History of Feelings (Boddice) p. 224

a Homer's Iliad (ca. 800 BC) p. 226

b Thucydides (ca. 460-400 BC) p. 229

c Aristotle (384-322 BC) p. 232

d Plutarch (AD 46-120) p. 233

e Plato (Socrates) (428/427-348/347 BC) p. 235

f Augustine (AD 354-430) p. 236

g Niccolò Machiavelli (1478-1529), Il Principe (1513) p. 240

h Baldassare Castiglione (1478-1529), Il Cortegiano (1528) p. 242

i René Descartes (1596-1650) p. 243

j Madeleine de Scudéry (1607-1701), Carte de Tendre (1654) p. 243

k Edward Jenner (1749-1823) p. 248

l Happiness in the Twentieth Century p. 249

2 A Cultural History of the Emotions (ed. Broomhall, Davidson, and Lynch) p. 254

a The Object of Research p. 254

b Theories and Practice in Research p. 257

c Theories of Emotion and Emotional Experiences p. 257

d Homogenisation p. 261

e Modern - Premodern p. 262

f Emotions and Expressions (Outward and Inward) p. 268

VIII Perspectives of Research on the History of Emotion p. 272.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-293) and index.

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