Civilizing Emotions - Concepts in Nineteenth Century Asia and Europe (Hardcover)

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the vocabulary of civility and civilization is very much at the forefront of political debate. Most of these debates proceed as if the meaning of these words were self-evident. This is where Civilizing Emotions intervenes, tracing the history of the concepts of civility and civilization and thus adding a level of self-reflexivity to the present debates. Unlike previous histories, Civilizing Emotions takes a global perspective, highlighting the roles of civility and civilization in the creation of a new and hierarchized global order in the era of high imperialism and its entanglements with the developments in a number of well-chosen European and Asian countries. Emotions were at the core of the practices linked to the creation of a new global order in the nineteenth century. Civilizing Emotions explores why and how emotions were an asset in civilizing peoples and societies - their control and management, but also their creation and their ascription to different societies and social groups. The study is a contribution to the history of emotions, to global history, and to the history of concepts, three rapidly developing and innovative research areas which are here being brought together for the first time.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Emotions In History
Release date:	August 2015
Authors:	Margrit Pernau (Senior Researcher at the Center of the History of Emotions) • Helge Jordheim (Professor of Cultural History) • Orit Bashkin (Professor of modern Arab history) • Christian Bailey (Lecturer in History) • Oleg Benesch (Anniversary Research Lecturer, Department of History) • Jan Ifversen (Vice dean, Faculty of Arts) • Mana Kia (Assistant Professor, Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies) • Rochona Majumdar (Associate Professor, South Asian Languages and Civilizations and Cinema and Media Studies) • Angelika C Messner (Director of the China Center) • Myoung-kyu Park (Institute for Peace and Unification Studies (IPUS))
Dimensions:	238 x 163 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	364
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-874553-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-19-874553-2
Barcode:	9780198745532

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