The Emotions of Internationalism: Feeling International Cooperation in the Alps in the Interwar Period...

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Ilaria Scaglia (Lecturer in Modern History, Lecturer in Modern History, Aston University)

The Emotions of Internationalism

Feeling International Cooperation in the Alps in the Interwar Period

Ilaria Scaglia (Lecturer in Modern History, Lecturer in Modern History, Aston University)

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English

Oxford University Press
19 December 2019

European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Social & cultural history; International institutions

Series: Emotions in History

The Emotions of Internationalism follows a number of international people and institutions active in the Alps in the 1920s and 1930s, exploring how they understood emotions and how they tried to employ them to achieve their political and non-political goals. Through the analysis of a broad spectrum of unpublished archival materials in four languages (English, French, Italian, and German), this study takes readers on an evocative, historical journey through the Alps. A wide range of characters populate its pages, from Heidi and the protagonists of novels and films set on the mountains, to Woodrow Wilson and other high-level political figures active both inside and outside of the League of Nations, to the alpinists and climbers engaged in hikes and international congresses, to the many children involved in camping trips, to the countless patients of the sanatoria for the treatment of tuberculosis which for decades used to dot alpine villages and to excite the popular imagination. At the centre of the volume are people's emotions-real and imagined-from the resentment left after the First World War to the 'friendship' evoked in speeches and concretely implemented in a number of alpine settings for a variety of purposes, to the 'joy' that contemporaries saw as the key to navigating the complexities of 'modernity' and to avoiding another war. The result is a compelling overview of the institutions and people involved in international cooperation in the 1920s and 1930s, understood through the lens of the history of emotions.

By: Ilaria Scaglia (Lecturer in Modern History Lecturer in Modern History Aston University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 161mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 554g
ISBN: 9780198848325
ISBN 10: 0198848323
Series: Emotions in History
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 19 December 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1: Associating Emotions and Internationalism with the Alps 2: Managing Emotions at the League of Nations 3: International Mountaineering while Talking about Emotions 4: Seeing Emotions while Healing the Body and the World as a Whole 5: A University for Feeling the Emotions of Internationalism Conclusion

A native of Italy, Ilaria Scaglia studied and taught international history in the United States before joining Aston University in Birmingham as a Lecturer in Modern History in 2018. She was also a Volkswagen-Mellon post-doctoral research fellow in Germany (Free University Berlin) and a Visiting Researcher at the Centre for the History of Emotions at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin. Her main fields of interest include the history of internationalism and the history of aesthetics and emotions. She is a Board Member of the Coordinating Council for Women in History (CCWH) and an active committee member of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR).

Reviews for The Emotions of Internationalism: Feeling International Cooperation in the Alps in the Interwar Period

intriguing * Kamaal Haque, Central European History * ...The Emotions of Internationalism remains a remarkable book, which opens a much-needed new window on the history of internationalism. It will be an eye-opener for historians of science too. * Geert Somsen, Maastricht University, Isis * [Scaglia] clearly demonstrates that certain emotions were linked by people and organisations with the internationalist enterprise, especially the emotions felt while experiencing the unique atmosphere of the mountains. This book encourages historians of different geographical spaces to approach the study of internationalism in this period in an interesting new way, to uncover the 'real' emotions felt by historical actors and to debate how these were used to forge co-operation between different nationalities. * Jasmine Calver, University of Sunderland, The English Historical Review *