The History of Emotions - A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) (True EPUB)

The History of Emotions: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) (True EPUB)



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English | August 25th, 2023 | ISBN: 0198818297 | 176 pages | True EPUB | 2.42 MB

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring

Emotions are complex mental states that resist reduction. They are visceral reactions but also beliefs about the world. They are spontaneous outbursts but also culturally learned performances. They are intimate and private and yet gain their substance and significance only from interpersonal and social frameworks. And just as our emotions in any given moment display this complex structure, so their history is plural rather than singular. The history of emotions is where the history of ideas meets the history of the body, and where the history of subjectivity meets social and cultural history.