The History of Emotions

The History of Emotions

by Plamper, Jan

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The history of emotions is one of the fastest growing fields in current historical debate, and this is the first book-length introduction to the field, synthesizing the current research, and offering direction for future study. The History of Emotions is organized around the debate between social constructivist and universalist theories of emotion that has shaped most emotions research in a variety of disciplines for more than a hundred years: socialconstructivists believe that emotions are lar…

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  • Full title :The History of Emotions.

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The history of emotions is one of the fastest growing fields in current historical debate, and this is the first book-length introduction to the field, synthesizing the current research, and offering direction for future study. The History of Emotions is organized around the debate between social constructivist and universalist theories of emotion that has shaped most emotions research in a variety of disciplines for more than a hundred years: socialconstructivists believe that emotions are largely learned and subject to historical change, while universalists insist on the timelessness and pan.

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  • Publication Date:2014.

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16 On the Shoulders of Dwarves, or, The Neurosciences as a `Trojan Horse ́ for the Human and Social Sciences.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (369 pages).

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1336015519, 9781336015517, 0199668337, 9780199668335
  • oclc:ocn956639249
  • LC Classification:BF531
  • Dewey Decimal:152.409

Table of Contents

Cover; The History of Emotions: An Introduction; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; History and Emotions; 1 What Is Emotion?; 2 Who Has Emotion?; 3 Where Is Emotion?; 4 Do Emotions Have a History?; 5 What Sources Might We Use in Writing the History of Emotions?; 1: The History of the History of Emotions; 1 Lucien Febvre and the History of Emotions; 2 The History of Emotions Prior to Febvre; 3 The History of Emotions in the Time of Febvre and After; 4 The History of Emotions and 9/11; 5 Barbara H. Rosenwein and Emotional Communities; 2: Social Constructivism.

1 The Varieties of Emotions2 Emotions in Travel Writings and Early Anthropology; 3 Emotions in the Anthropological Classics; 4 Early Anthropology of Emotions in the 1970s; The Emotions of Inuits; Emotions `Hypercognized ́ and `Hypocognized ́; 5 The Linguistic Turn and Social Constructivism; Headhunting for Pleasure; Poetry, Not Tears, as the Medium of Authentic Feelings; The Height of Social Constructivism; 6 Social Constructivism alongside Rosaldo, Abu-Lughod, and Lutz; 7 The Social Constructivist Anthropology of Emotions: Some Preliminary Conclusions; Excursus I: Sociology.

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Subjects

Affect (Psychology) Emotions -- History Sensitivity (Personality trait) Social capital (Sociology)

Writers

Plamper, Jan Tribe, Keith

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