Course Details
Country:
Netherlands
Institution:
Free University of Amsterdam
Course Title:
History of Emotions
Course Number:
L_GABAALG004
Course Description:
The history of emotions is a burgeoning research field in cultural history that is highly interdisciplinary in character. Both historical, literary, social, philosophical and medical scholars investigate the role of emotions and emotional behaviour. In this course you will study themes such as religious emotions in late medieval convents, early modern medical theories about the bodily humours, the concept of melancholy, the experience of fear and sorrow in war memories. We will also discuss the theoretical concepts and methods used by scholars to study the cultural varieties in emotional behaviour and experience. A central and recurring theme will be the (experienced) embodiment of emotions. Where did contemporary doctors and philosophers locate emotions in the body? What cultural rules reigned the bodily expression of emotions?
This course is part of the minor 'European Urban and Cultural History'.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
INTS 299
Attachment Files:
Studyguide (9)_16.pdf
