THE NAVIGATION OF FEELING: A FRAMEWORK FOR THE HISTORY OF IN SOUTH AFRICA

Paperback. English. Cambridge University Press. 2001. ISBN: 9780521004725. 380pp. Good condition in paperback. The Navigation of Feeling critiques recent psychological and anthropological research on emotions. William M. Reddy offers a new theory of emotions and historical change, drawing on research from many academic disciplines. This new theory makes it possible to see how emotions change over time, how emotions have a very important impact on the shape of history, and how different social orders either facilitate emotional life or make it more difficult. This theory is fully explored in a case study of the French Revolution. Book No: 465861