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

William M. Reddy

ISBN 10: 0521803039 / ISBN 13: 9780521803038

Published by Cambridge Univ Pr, 2001

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380 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Navigation of Feeling: A Framework for the History of Emotions
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521803039
• ISBN 13: 9780521803038
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

In The Navigation of Feeling: A Framework for the History of Emotions, William M. Reddy offers a theory of emotions which both critiques and expands upon recent research in the fields of anthropology and psychology. Exploring the links between emotion and cognition, between culture and emotional expression, Reddy applies this theory of emotions to the processes of history. He demonstrates how emotions change over time, how emotions have a very important impact on the course of events, and how different social orders either facilitate or constrain emotional life. In an investigation of Revolutionary France, where sentimentalism in literature and philosophy had promised a new and unprecedented kind of emotional liberty, Reddy's theory of emotions and historical change is successfully put to the test.

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).