A history of feelings / Rob Boddice.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boddice, Rob, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emotions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Reaktion Books, 2019.

Summary:

What does it mean to feel something? What stimulates our desires, aspirations, and dreams? Did our ancestors feel in the same way as we do? In a wave of new research over the past decade, historians have tried to answer these questions, seeking  to make sense of our feelings, passions, moods, emotions, and sentiments. For the first time, however, Rob Boddice brings together the latest findings to trace the complex history of feelings from antiquity to the present. A History of Feelings is a compelling account of the unsaid-the gestural, affective, and experiential. Arguing that how we feel is the dynamic product of the existence of our minds and bodies in moments of time and space, Boddice uses a progressive approach that integrates biological, anthropological, and social and cultural factors, describing the transformation of emotional encounters and individual experiences across the globe. The work of one of the world's leading scholars of the history of emotions, this epic exploration of our affective life will fascinate, enthrall, and move all of us interested in our own well-being-anyone with feeling.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Imprint Page

Contents

Introduction: Feeling for History

One: Archaic and Classical Passions

Two: Rhetorical and Bodily Feelings

Three: Motions and Machinations

Four: The Age of Unreason

Five: Senselessness and Insensibility

Six: The Ministry of Happiness

Conclusion: The Value of Experience

References

Select Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Photo Acknowledgements

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781789141009

1789141001