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History of the Heart
Ole M. Hoystad
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Description for History of the Heart
Hardback. Charts how the heart has signified our essential desires, whether for love and passion in the medieval excesses of troubadour poetry and chivalric idealism, the body-soul dualism propounded by the Enlightenment, or even the modern notions of individualism expressed in the works of thinkers such as Nietzsche and Foucault. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AG; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 555.
The heart not only drives our physical life, but throughout human history it has also been viewed as the seat of our deepest emotions. It has figured hugely if metaphorically in nearly every aspect of human civilization, and as the unending subject of literature, music and art. Yet until now there has not been a study of this paramount icon of love. Ole M. Hoystad ably fills this enormous gap with a compelling investigation into this epicentre of grief, joy and power. Firmly positioning the heart at the metaphorical and literal centre of human culture and history, Hoystad combs through ... Read more
The heart not only drives our physical life, but throughout human history it has also been viewed as the seat of our deepest emotions. It has figured hugely if metaphorically in nearly every aspect of human civilization, and as the unending subject of literature, music and art. Yet until now there has not been a study of this paramount icon of love. Ole M. Hoystad ably fills this enormous gap with a compelling investigation into this epicentre of grief, joy and power. Firmly positioning the heart at the metaphorical and literal centre of human culture and history, Hoystad combs through ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861893116
SKU
V9781861893116
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99-15
About Ole M. Hoystad
Ole M. Hoystad is Professor of Cultural Studies at Telemark University College in Norway, and currently Visiting Professor of Cultural Studies and History at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense.
Reviews for History of the Heart
A History of the Heart is about far more than the changing representation of this most charismatic organ. Indeed, the ease with which the central storyline opens into a wide-ranging intellectual history of Western culture is the book's chief delight and major achievement ... beautifully presented Times Higher Education Supplement This is the first study of the representation of the ... Read more