A Human History of Emotion by Richard Firth-Godbehere

A Human History of Emotion by Richard Firth-Godbehere

How have our emotions shaped the course of human history? And how have our experience and understanding of emotions evolved with us?

A Kirkus Best Science Books of 2021

‘A fascinating look at the profound ways in which the harnessing of human emotions has shaped world-wide history and cultureEye-opening and thought-provoking’ Gina Rippon, author of The Gendered Brain

‘Emotions are a much bigger part of the experience of being human than most people would ever realise. If you want to know more about emotions and how we arrived at our understanding of them, this book is exactly what you need’ Dean Burnett, author of The Happy Brain

‘Whether you are looking for new ideas, narrative history, psychological theory, or cultural anthropology, this book will teach you something new about how people have felt about their feelings through the ages. A book like no other’ Thomas Dixon, author of Weeping Britannia: Portrait of a Nation in Tears

Richard Firth-Godbehere, PhD, one of the world’s leading experts on disgust and emotions, is an independent researcher and consultant in the history, language, science and philosophy of emotions, and an Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for the History of the Emotions, Queen Mary University of London. He received a first-class degree from the University of London, during which time he won two awards for academic excellence, alongside a Masters (MPhil) from the University of Cambridge and a PhD From Queen Mary, University of London, where he was a Wellcome Trust Scholar.

His award-winning interdisciplinary research walks the line between history, psychology, linguistics, and futurism. He examines how understandings of emotions change over time and how these changes can influence the wider world.

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ISBN 13	9780008393755
ISBN 10	0008393753
Title	A Human History of Emotion
Author	Richard Firth-Godbehere
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2022-02-17
Number of pages	336
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