About this title: How translatable is the language of the emotions across cultures and time? What connotations of particular emotions, strongly felt in the early modern period, have faded or shifted completely in our own? If Western culture has traditionally held emotion to be hostile to reason and the production of scientific knowledge, why and how have the passions been lauded as windows to higher truths? Assessing the changing discourses of feeling and their relevance to the cultural history of affect, "Reading the Early Modern Passions" offers fourteen interdisciplinary essays on the meanings and ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780812218725ISBN:0812218728
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Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
Publisher: Penn / University Of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780812237603ISBN:0812237609
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA PR
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780812218725ISBN:0812218728
Description: New. Authors here investigate specific emotions, such as sadness, courage, and fear. Others turn to emotions spread throughout society by contemporary events, such as a ruler's death, the outbreak of war, or religious schism, and discuss how such emotions... read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN-13:9780812218725ISBN:0812218728
Description: New. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. How translatable is the language of the emotions across cultures and time? What connotations of particular emotions, strongly felt in the early modern period, have faded or shifted completely in our own? If Western culture has traditionally held emotion to be hostile to reason and the production of scientific knowledge, why and how have the ... read more
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly imported from the UK using International Priority Airmail. Delivery is typically 5-10 working days. Please do not select expedited shipping. Heavier and more expensive items have tracking number. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN-13:9780812218725ISBN:0812218728
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE that we do not offer expedited shipping. Orders placed with the priority shipping option will automatically be canceled. How translatable is the language of the emotions across cultures and time? What connotations of particular emotions, strongly felt in the early modern period, have faded or shifted completely in our own? If Western culture has traditionally held emotion to be hostile to reason and the production of scientific knowledge, why and how have the passions been ... read more
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