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Informationen zum Autor Susan J. Matt is Presidential Distinguished Professor of History at Weber State University, USA. She is author of Keeping Up with the Joneses: Envy in American Consumer Society, 1890-1930 and H omesickness: An American History , and co-author with Luke Fernandez of Bored, Lonely, Angry, Stupid: Changing Feelings about Technology from the Telegraph to Twitter . Her writing has appeared in the New York Times , the Wall Street Journal , and the Journal of American History . Klappentext Between 1780 and 1920, modern conceptions of emotion-conceptions still very much present in the 21st century-first took shape. This book traces that history, charting the changing meaning and experience of feelings in an era shaped by political and market revolutions, romanticism, empiricism, the rise of psychology and psychoanalysis. During this period, the word emotion itself gained currency, gradually supplanting older vocabularies and visions of feeling. Terms to describe feelings changed; so too did conceptions of emotions' proper role in politics, economics, and culture. Political upheavals turned a spotlight on the role of feeling in public life; in domestic life, sentimental bonds gained new importance, as families were transformed from productive units to emotional ones. From the halls of parliaments to the familial hearth, from the art museum to the theatre, from the pulpit to the concert hall, lively debates over feelings raged across the 19th century. Vorwort A comprehensive, thematic reference work covering the cultural history of the emotions from 1780 to 1920. Zusammenfassung Between 1780 and 1920, modern conceptions of emotion—conceptions still very much present in the 21st century—first took shape. This book traces that history, charting the changing meaning and experience of feelings in an era shaped by political and market revolutions, romanticism, empiricism, the rise of psychology and psychoanalysis. During this period, the word emotion itself gained currency, gradually supplanting older vocabularies and visions of feeling. Terms to describe feelings changed; so too did conceptions of emotions’ proper role in politics, economics, and culture. Political upheavals turned a spotlight on the role of feeling in public life; in domestic life, sentimental bonds gained new importance, as families were transformed from productive units to emotional ones. From the halls of parliaments to the familial hearth, from the art museum to the theatre, from the pulpit to the concert hall, lively debates over feelings raged across the 19th century. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Series Editors' Preface Introduction, Susan J. Matt (Weber State University, USA) 1. Medical and Scientific Understandings, Rob Boddice (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany and McGill University, Canada) 2. Religion and Spirituality, Julius H. Rubin (University of Saint Joseph, USA) 3. Music and Dance, Wiebke Thormählen (Royal College of Music in London, UK) 4. Drama, Aileen Forbes (Columbia University, USA) 5. The Visual Arts, Kerstin Thomas (Stuttgart University, Germany) 6. Literature, Gregory Eiselein (Kansas State University, USA) 7. In Private: The Individual and the Domestic Community, Peter N. Stearns (George Mason University, USA) 8. In Public: Collectivities and Polities, Ute Frevert (Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany) Notes Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index ...
