History of emotions

The history of emotions (or also: History of Emotions ) has evolved in the 2000s to a new research field of historical science. Although there are precursors of the history of emotions - especially the Histoire des sensibilités a Lucien Febvre and the Psychohistory of Peter Gay - links the history of emotions rather methodically to newer historiographical approaches such as the concept of history, historical Constructivism and the history of the body to.

Development

Similar to the emotion sociology or ethnology, the history of emotions is based on the assumption that not only the expression of emotion, but also the feelings themselves are learned. Culture and history shape and change accordingly feelings as well as their expression. The social relevance and potency of emotions is historically and culturally variable. In the view of many historians Emotion is " Emotions " accordingly as a fundamental category of history such as class, race or gender.

A number of different methodological approaches have been discussed in recent years. Some Emotion historians are limited under the heading emotionology on the historical analysis of emotion norms and rules. In particular, in the recent past, the methodological spectrum of the history of emotions, however, was expanded to include performative, constructivist practice and theoretical approaches. Among the currently basic methodological concepts include emotive, emotional habitus as well as emotional practice. In addition, there are a number of terms that describe the different coverage and liability of cultures such as feeling emotionally community, emotionally regime or emotional style.