Bibliograph

Emotional lexicons, continuity and change in the vocabulary of feeling, 1700-2000, Ute Frevert ... [and others]

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Emotional lexicons, continuity and change in the vocabulary of feeling, 1700-2000, Ute Frevert ... [and others]

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Emotional lexicons

Oclc number

913042656

Responsibility statement

Ute Frevert ... [and others]

Series statement

Emotions in history

Sub title

continuity and change in the vocabulary of feeling, 1700-2000

Summary

Emotions are as old as humankind. But what do we know about them and what importance do we assign to them? 'Emotional Lexicons' is a cultural history of terms of emotion found in German, French, and English language encyclopaedias since the late 17th century

Table Of Contents

Defining Emotions: Concepts and Debates over Three Centuries / Ute Frevert -- Topographies of Emotion / Monique Scheer -- Showing Emotions, Reading Emotions / Anne Schmidt -- The 'Origin' of Emotions: Sensitive Humans, Sensitive Animals / Pascal Eitler -- Healing Emotions / Bettina Hitzer -- Age(ing) with Feeling / Nina Verheyen -- Felt Distances / Benno Gammerl -- Social Emotions / Christian Bailey -- Civility and Barbarism: Emotions as Criteria of Difference / Margrit Pernau -- Emotional Knowledge: Modern Developments / Ute Frevert

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