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This Übung explores the relationship between emotion and politics in the 19th and 20th centuries, with a focus on Latin American history.
The course is structured in two main parts. In the first part, we will engage with the theoretical foundations and historiographical debates around the history of emotions. Students will be introduced to key concepts, frameworks, and methodological tools that historians use to analyse emotional expressions and the political sphere. This will include critical readings of foundational texts in the field, fostering a deeper understanding of how emotions have been conceptualized and studied across different historical contexts.
The second part of the course will shift toward practical application. Together, we will explore how these theoretical approaches can be employed in historical research through the close analysis of various types of primary sources. These may include political speeches, newspapers, personal letters, memoirs, visual materials, etc. The goal is to investigate how emotions were articulated, performed, and mobilized in politics and how they shaped, and were shaped by, broader historical processes.
A central objective of the course is to support students in integrating the analysis of emotions into the historical analysis, regardless of the specific geographical or thematic focus. Through discussion students will be encouraged to reflect on how emotional dynamics interact with other historical processes.
Einführungslektüre
- Reddy, William. The Navigation of Feeling. A Framework for the History of Emotions. Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- Rosenwein, Barbara. Emotional Communities in the Early Middle Ages. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2006.
- Scheer, Monique. “Are Emotions a Kind of Practice (and is that what makes them have a History)? A Bourdieuian Approach to Understanding Emotion.” History and Theory 51 (May 2012): 193-220.
- Stearns, Peter N. and Stearns, Carol Z. “Emotionology: Clarifying the History of Emotions and Emotional Standards.” The American Historical Review, Oct., 1985, Vol. 90, Nº4 (Oct., 1985): 813-836. |
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