The Navigation of Feeling: A Framework for the History of Emotions

Reddy, William M.

ISBN 10: 0521803039 / ISBN 13: 9780521803038

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Navigation of Feeling: A Framework for the History of Emotions
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521803039
• ISBN 13: 9780521803038
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: New
• Weight: 26 ounces

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Synopsis

The Navigation of Feeling critiques recent psychological and anthropological research on emotions. William M. Reddy offers a new theory of emotions and historical change, drawing on research from many academic disciplines. This new theory makes it possible to see how emotions change over time, how emotions have a very important impact on the shape of history, and how different social orders either facilitate emotional life or make it more difficult. This theory is fully explored in a case study of the French Revolution.

About the Author

William M. Reddy is a Guggenheim Fellow, a Fulbright Fellow, a Fellow of the National Humanities Centre, and a visiting professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris. He is the author of three previous books: The Invisible Code: Honor and Sentiment in Postrevolutionary France, 1815–1848 (University of California Press, 1987); Money and Liberty in Modern Europe: A Critique of Historical Understanding (Cambridge University Press, 1987); The Rise of Market Culture: The Textile Trade and French Society, 1750–1900 (Cambridge University Press, 1984).