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Emotions in History: A booming field

Dive into the booming field of emotions in history through research centers, book series, conferences, and journals. Explore the history of emotions, their role in shaping societies, and the theoretical approaches and empirical studies. Discover the social norms, emotional communities, emotional practices, and subjective experiences related to emotions. Delve into fields like the history of specific feelings, emotions at work, emotions in politics, and more. Uncover various sources and challenges in studying emotions throughout history.

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Emotions in History: A booming field

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  1. Emotions in History: A booming field • Research Centers (Berlin, Sydney, Queen Mary, …) • Book Series with Oxford University Press, Palgrave, … • Conferences, Journals…tobe trendy, youhavetotalkaboutfeelingsthesedays.

  2. Questions to ask: • Do Emotionshave a history? Isthere a historyoflove, offear, ofhatred? • How do emotionsshapehistory? Whatrole do emotionsplayforsocial, cultural, politicalhistory etc.?

  3. Why a History of Emotions now? • Longingforhardfacts in thepost 9/11 world? • Dissatisfactionwithculturalrelativism? • Prominenceofemotions in otherfield (neurosciences; biologyoffeelings)

  4. Theoretical Approaches • Numeroustheoreticalandconceptualarticlesandbooks. • Fewerempiricalstudies, thoughtheybegintoappear.

  5. Feeling Rules and Emotional Norms • Peter and Carol Stearns; ArlieHochschildt • Socialandculturalexpectationsofappropriatefeelings (forboys, girls, workers, elites, etc.) • Onlysocialnorms, not therealityoffeelings

  6. Emotives, Emotional Regimes, Emotional Liberty • William Reddy, The Navigation ofFelings • Emotives: Speech actsthatverbalizeemotionsandtherebyshapethem. • Emotional Regime: Socialandculturalnormsthatdeterminewhatcanbesaid

  7. Emotives, Emotional Regimes, Emotional Liberty • Emotional Regimes (equaltopoliticalregimes) canbemoreorless liberal, allowingformoreorlessfeelings • A waytopoliticallyjudgesocieties: themore liberal, thebetter • Not just aboutsocialnorms, but abouthowpeoplereallyfeel

  8. Emotional Communities & Emotional Styles • Emotional Communities (Barbara Rosenwein, Medievalists) • Not just one national emotonalregime, but a community (e.g. ofmonks) withshared emotional standards

  9. Emotional Communities & Emotional Styles • Emotional Styles (Benno Gammerl, HistorianofHomosexualities) • Different emotional styles, depending on thesocialandspatialcontext (different emotional styles in a footballstadiumand in a lecture hall) • Importanceofspace

  10. Emotional Practices • Monique Scheer, HistoryandTheory (2013), influentialarticle • Whatpeople do in ordertohavefeelings. • Thereareonlythepractices, not feelingsindependentofpractices

  11. Emotional Practices • Not just aboutsocialnorms, but aboutwhatpeopledo • Directsattentionto different formsofpractices, fromspeechactstobodilypractices • Trying out Feelings

  12. Subjetivities and Emotions • QuestionofSubjectivity: Whatistheself, andhowisithistoricallyconstituted? • Howpeopleshapethemselves–bodily, mentallyandemotionally (e.g. throughtherapies)

  13. Fields and Applications • Historiesof a Specific Feeling (Love, Fear …) • Howhaveculturalnormsregardinglovechanged? Whereandhowcouldlovebeexpressed? Whatdidpeopletocreate (andmaintain) a sense ofintimacy?

  14. Fields and Applications • Example: Historyof Fear in the Federal Republic (Frank Biess, German ed. 2019, English ed. 2020) • Studying (political, medical) fearsthatshapepolitics in a society

  15. Fields and Applications • Emotionsatwork: Do feelingsatworkplay a role? Howdid (and do) companiestrytomakeemployeesfeelgoodatwork? • HistoryofEmotionsaspartof a generalsocialandpoliticalhistory

  16. Fields and Applications • Emotionsand Politics • Howemotionsbecome an objectof (critical) politics • Example: Feelings and urban space; does a particular form ofurbanitycreatecertainfeelings?

  17. Sources • Obvioussources: guidebooks (forteenagers, e.g.), therapeuticalliterature, ego-documents (diaries, letters, etc.) • Visual sources • Not onlyself-evident sources: courtdocuments, managementliterature, militarydocuments, …

  18. Challenges? • Whatcanweactuallyknowaboutfeelings? • Whatcan a historyofemotionsconributeto large questions? • Is a questionofemotions a centralquestionofthepresent?

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