A Cultural History of the Emotions in the Baroque and Enlightenment Age

Lemmings, David (Editor)/ Walker, Claire (Editor)/ Barclay, Katie (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1350345245 / ISBN 13: 9781350345249

Published by Bloomsbury USA Academic, 2022

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232 pages. 9.60x6.65x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Cultural History of the Emotions in the Baroque and Enlightenment Age
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Academic
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350345245
• ISBN 13: 9781350345249
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.46 kilograms

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Synopsis

During the period of the Baroque and Enlightenment the word “emotion”, denoting passions and feelings, came into usage, albeit in an irregular fashion. “Emotion” ultimately emerged as a term in its own right, and evolved in English from meaning physical agitation to describe mental feeling. However, the older terminology of “passions” and “affections” continued as the dominant discourse structuring thinking about feeling and its wider religious, political, social, economic, and moral imperatives. The emotional cultures described in these essays enable some comparative discussion about the history of emotions, and particularly the causes and consequences of emotional change in the larger cultural contexts of the Baroque and Enlightenment. Emotions research has enabled a rethinking of dominant narratives of the period-of histories of revolution, state-building, the rise of the public sphere, religious and scientific transformation, and more. As a new and dynamic field, the essays here are just the beginning of a much bigger history of emotions.

About the Author

Katie Barclay is Professor and Future Fellow at Macquarie University, Sydney. She writes widely on the history of emotions, gender, and family life. With Kate De Luna and Giovanni Tarantino, she is the editor of Emotions: History, Culture, Society.