Writing the History of Emotions

Concepts and Practices, Economies and Politics

Professor Ute Frevert (Yale University, USA.)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
18 April 2024

History: specific events & topics; Social & cultural history; Psychology: emotions

Series: Writing History

Emotions make history, and they have a history. They influence historical events such as revolutions, riots and protest movements. At the same time, they are shaped by historical experiences tied to family upbringing, educational and cultural institutions, work and the home.

Writing the History of Emotions shows how emotions like love, trust, honour, pride, shame, empathy and greed have impacted historical change since the 18th century and were themselves dependent on social, political and economic environments. Importantly, this book provides a timely exploration of racialized, gendered, class-based notions of emotions. This exciting addition to Bloomsbury’s successful Writing History series analyses how emotions matter in and to history, and how they are themselves objects of history.

Here, leading scholar Ute Frevert eschews a traditional chronological history of emotions in favour of an innovative collection which transgresses time periods to illustrate the different emotional meanings one particular material object has had throughout history. This book sheds light on how emotions have been used, instrumentalised and manipulated both to propel and suspend democratic politics. In doing so, it opens a rich new avenue of research for the history of emotions.

By: Professor Ute Frevert (Yale University USA.)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350345874
ISBN 10: 1350345873
Series: Writing History
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 18 April 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ute Frevert is President of the Max Weber Foundation, Germany, and Director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, where she leads the Center for the History of Emotions. She is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. Ute Frevert has published extensively on the history of emotions in both English and German.