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020			_a9780008393762 (PB)
041			_aeng
080			_a159.9 _bFIR
100			_aFirth-Godbehere, Richard
245			_aA Human History of Emotion _b: How the Way We Feel Built the World We Know
260			_b4th Estate _c2021 _aLondon
300			_a326p.
504			_aIncludes Index
520			_aHow have our emotions shaped the course of human history? And how have our experience and understanding of emotions evolved with us? We humans like to think of ourselves as rational creatures, who, as a species, have relied on calculation and intellect to survive. But many of the most important moments in our history had little to do with cold, hard facts and a lot to do with feelings. Events ranging from the origins of philosophy to the birth of the world’s major religions, the fall of Rome, the Scientific Revolution, and some of the bloodiest wars that humanity has ever experienced can’t be properly understood without understanding emotions. In A Human History of Emotion, Richard Firth-Godbehere takes readers on a fascinating and wide-ranging tour of the central and often under-appreciated role emotions have played in human societies around the world and throughout history – from Ancient Greece to Gambia, Japan, the Ottoman Empire, Britain, and beyond. Drawing on psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, art and religious history, A Human History of Emotion vividly illustrates how our understanding and experience of emotions has changed over time, and how our beliefs about feelings – and our feelings themselves – profoundly shaped us and the world we inhabit.
650			_aEmotions
650			_aPsychology
650			_aEmotions -- Sociological aspects
690			_aGeneral
942			_cBK
999			_c60204 _d60204