Why read The History of Emotions?

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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…

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1 author picked The History of Emotions as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Barbara H. Rosenwein

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Himself a brilliant historian of emotion, Jan Plamper here surveys the field as a whole. He notes some little-known predecessors to the Stearnses, and he devotes chapters to the contributions of anthropologists, the findings of psychologists, and modern historical approaches, methods, and theories. Always he “gets behind” the research to discover its underlying assumptions.This is a book packed with hard-won insights.

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