Writing the History of Emotions

Ute Frevert is President of the Max Weber Foundation, Germany, and Director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, where she leads the Center for the History of Emotions. She is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. Ute Frevert has published extensively on the history of emotions in both English and German.

• Introduction1. Affects, Passions and Emotions: Historical Experiences and Historiographical ApproachesEmotional Concepts and Practices2. Trust Talk and Trust Work3. Practising Honour: Social, Gender and Legal Perspectives4. Honour and Shame in International Relations5. Shame and Shaming in Modern History6. Historicizing EmpathyEmotional Economies of Capitalism7. Capitalist Cold? Bringing Emotions Back In8. How Does Homo Oeconomicus Cope with Emotions?9. Greed and Avarice: Feelings about Money10. Hans in Luck, or the Emotional Economy of Happiness in the Modern Age11. Emotions and Material Culture: Say It with FlowersPolitics of Emotion12. Emotional Politics in Europe’s Long Nineteenth Century13. Love and Hate, Faith and Despair under National Socialism14. Emotional Styles and Political Cultures in East and West GermanyBibliographyIndex

Frevert, perhaps the foremost authority in this area, has written the most accessible and helpful book for those curious about the history of emotions … While serving as a superb introduction to readers unfamiliar with the history of emotions, this book will also be of value to researchers interested in the historiography and methodological practices in this emerging, vital area.