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The History of Emotions: An Introduction (Emotions in History)
Jan Plamper
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Description for The History of Emotions: An Introduction (Emotions in History)
Paperback. 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, moving beyond the traditional debate between social constructivist and universalist theories of emotion. Series: Emotions in History. Num Pages: 368 pages, 38 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; JMQ. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
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: social constructivists believe that emotions are largely learned and subject to historical change, while universalists insist on the timelessness and pan-culturalism of emotions. In historicizing and problematizing this binary, Jan ... Read more
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: social constructivists believe that emotions are largely learned and subject to historical change, while universalists insist on the timelessness and pan-culturalism of emotions. In historicizing and problematizing this binary, Jan ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Emotions in History
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198744641
SKU
V9780198744641
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About Jan Plamper
Jan Plamper obtained a BA from Brandeis University and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, after which he taught at the University of Tubingen and from 2008 to 2012 was a Dilthey Fellow at the Center for the History of Emotions, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, in Berlin. He is co-editor, with Benjamin Lazier, of Fear: Across ... Read more
Reviews for The History of Emotions: An Introduction (Emotions in History)
Plamper takes readers on a whirlwind tour of emotion studies from Aristotle to mirror neurons and across the disciplines ... History students interested in joining the gold rush but unsure of where to dig or which pioneers to follow will find a mine of information here (not least in a useful glossary and bibliography that has been updated from the ... Read more