The History of Emotions Dixon
The History of Emotions Dixon Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringEmotions are complex mental states that resist reduction. They are spontaneous outbursts but also culturally learned…
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The History of Emotions Dixon
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringEmotions are complex mental states that resist reduction. They are spontaneous outbursts but also culturally learned performances. They are visceral reactions but also beliefs about the world.
And just as our emotions in any given moment display this complex structure, so their history is plural rather than singular. They are intimate and private and yet gain their substance and significance only from interpersonal and social frameworks. 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.In this Very Short Introduction, Thomas Dixon traces the historical ancestries of feelings ranging from sorrow, melancholy, rage, and terror to cheerfulness,