A human history of emotion : how the way we feel built the world we know / Richard Firth-Godbehere.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316461313
- ISBN: 0316461318
- Physical Description: 326 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-311) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: How do you feel? -- Classical virtue signaling -- Indian desires -- The Pauline passions -- Crusader love -- What the Ottomans feared -- Abominable witch crazes -- A desire for sweet freedom -- Becoming emotional -- A cherry-Blossomed shame -- The rage of an African queen -- Shell shocks -- The dragon's humiliation -- Love and the mother(land) -- The great emotions face-off -- Do humans dream of electric sheep? -- Epilogue: The last feelings? |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Emotions > History. History > Psychological aspects. PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions. HISTORY / Civilization. PSYCHOLOGY / Evolutionary Psychology. Emotions. History > Psychological aspects. |
Genre: | History. |
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | 152.409 FIR (Text) | 000164192 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Author Notes
A Human History of Emotion : How the Way We Feel Built the World We Know
Richard Firth-Godbehere, PhD , one of the world's leading experts on disgust and emotions, is an independent researcher and consultant in the history, language, science and philosophy of emotions, and an Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for the History of the Emotions, Queen Mary University of London. He received a first-class degree from the University of London, during which time he won two awards for academic excellence, alongside a Masters (MPhil) from the University of Cambridge and a PhD From Queen Mary, University of London, where he was a Wellcome Trust Scholar. His award-winning interdisciplinary research walks the line between history, psychology, linguistics, and futurism. He examines how understandings of emotions change over time and how these changes can influence the wider world.