Ebook: Civilizing emotions : concepts in nineteenth-century Asia and Europe
Author: Margrit Pernau Helge Jordheim
- Tags: Emotions, Social aspects, Civilization, History, 19th century, Personality and culture, Asia, Personality and culture, Europe, Civilization, Emotions, Social aspects, Personality and culture, Asia, Europe
- Series: Emotions in History
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the vocabulary of civility and civilization is very much at the forefront of political debate. Most of these debates proceed as if the meaning of these words were self-evident. This is where Civilizing Emotions intervenes, tracing the history of the concepts of civility and civilization and thus adding a level of self-reflexivity to the present debates. Unlike previousRead more...
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Traces the history of the concepts of civility and civilization in nineteenth-century Europe and Asia and explores why and how emotions were an asset in civilizing peoples and societies - theirRead more...
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