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The History of Emotions
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The History of Emotions
How is it possible?
Are emotions universal?
J. Huizinga "The Autumn of the Middle Ages" (1919) – Middle Ages as childhood of humanity
Universalism and evolutionism
P. Ekman – basic emotions universal to everyone
Universalism and evolutionism
N. Elias "The Process of Civilization" (1939) – the process of civilization as a process of learning to control emotions
Emotions are socially constructed
Social constructivism
Possible to know thanks to the language
Social constructivism
There are no basic emotions
Opposed to concept of nature/culture – emotional/rational
Contemporary history of emotions
Contemporary history of emotions
Mild constructivism
W.M. Reddy – "Navigation of Feelings": emotional regimes
Mild constructivism
Emotions – both cultural and biological components
B.H. Rosenwein – "Emotional Communities in Early Middle Ages": emotional communities
Bourdieuian approach to emotions
Emotions as a social practice
Emotions is what people do, rather than what people feel
Emotions as a social practice
Body is not static
Some of the most important topics in the history of emotions
Most important topics
- Role of emotions in process of making political decisions
- Emotional relationship between government and society
- Religious emotions
- Moral value of emotions
- Ways to display emotions
- Emotions in relation to material culture
- Body as a tool to display emotions
- Emotions and social creation of gender, race etc.
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