My dog understands me! At least, many dog owners think so. New scientific studies actually show that dogs understand a lot about us humans. For example, they can figure out what humans can and cannot see. Some dogs can even distinguish large numbers of toys by name, like Rico, the internationally famous Border collie. But do dogs also understand our emotions? Can they grasp cause and effect relationships? What fascinates us humans about dogs? Is it only the proverbial 'puppy dog eyes' that make dogs look sympathetic? Or is it the fact that these animals have grown very well-attuned to humans and are willing to cooperate with them? In a total of ten chapters, Juliane Brauer and Juliane Kaminski present the results of the most important scientific studies of the last twenty years on dog cognition.

Historicizing both emotions and politics, this open access book argues that the historical work of emotion is most clearly understood in terms of the dynamics of institutionalization. This is shown in twelve case studies that focus on decisive moments in European and US history from 1800 until today. Each case study clarifies how emotions were central to people's political engagement and its effects. The sources range from parliamentary buildings and social movements, to images and speeches of presidents, from fascist cemeteries to the International Criminal Court. Both the timeframe and the geographical focus have been chosen to highlight the increasingly participatory character of nineteenth- and twentieth-century politics, which is inconceivable without the work of emotions.

Historicizing both emotions and politics, this open access book argues that the historical work of emotion is most clearly understood in terms of the dynamics of institutionalization. This is shown in twelve case studies that focus on decisive moments in European and US history from 1800 until today. Each case study clarifies how emotions were central to people's political engagement and its effects. The sources range from parliamentary buildings and social movements, to images and speeches of presidents, from fascist cemeteries to the International Criminal Court. Both the timeframe and the geographical focus have been chosen to highlight the increasingly participatory character of nineteenth- and twentieth-century politics, which is inconceivable without the work of emotions.

English summary: The volume links current emotions research in the disciplines of cultural science and history with the fields of historical culture and historical didactics. By doing so it works its way through the fundamental paradigms of historical didactics. It thereby focuses on categorial concepts such as the historical formation of meaning, empathy, historical imagination or narrativity, historical culture, historical awareness and historical identity. The contributions on theories, fundamental terms, different places and media of historical learning examine the question where emotions can be positioned in historical learning processes, that is to say, how they can pre-structure and guide encounters with the past. Standards are formulated by which future historical learning can orient itself with and about emotions. The contributions are conceived as a basis and stimulus for further discussion in research, teaching and practice.German description: Der Band vernetzt die gegenwartige kulturwissenschaftliche und geschichtswissenschaftliche Emotionsforschung mit geschichtskulturellen und geschichtsdidaktischen Arbeitsfeldern. Die Beitrage arbeiten sich also mit den grundlegenden Paradigmen der Geschichtsdidaktik. In den Blick geraten kategoriale Konzepte wie historische Sinnbildung, Empathie, historische Imagination oder Narrativitat, Geschichtskultur, Geschichtsbewusstsein und historische Identitat. Die Beitrage zu Theorien, Grundbegriffen, zu verschiedenen Orten und Medien historischen Lernens untersuchen die Frage, welchen systematischen Ort Emotionen in historischen Lernprozessen einnehmen konnen, wie sie also die Begegnungen mit der Vergangenheit vorstrukturieren und lenken. Im Band werden Standards formuliert, an denen sich zukunftiges historisches Lernen mit und uber Emotionen orientieren kann. Die Beitrage werden als Grundlage und Anregung zur weiteren Diskussion in Forschung, Lehre und Praxis verstanden. The volume links current emotions research in the disciplines of cultural science and history with the fields of historical culture and historical didactics. By doing so it works its way through the fundamental paradigms of historical didactics. It thereby focuses on categorial concepts such as the historical formation of meaning, empathy, historical imagination or narrativity, historical culture, historical awareness and historical identity. The contributions on theories, fundamental terms, different places and media of historical learning examine the question where emotions can be positioned in historical learning processes, that is to say, how they can pre-structure and guide encounters with the past. Standards are formulated by which future historical learning can orient itself with and about emotions. The contributions are conceived as a basis and stimulus for further discussion in research, teaching and practice.