Feeling modern: The history of emotions in urban South Asia

<p>The foundation of history's recent ‘emotional turn’ is that <em>emotions matter</em> in shaping individual and social motivations. Their importance is not just instrumental: against the explanatory grain of much scholarship since the nineteenth century, the history of emoti...

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Main Authors: Chatterjee, E, Krishnan, S, Robb, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2017
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Summary:<p>The foundation of history's recent ‘emotional turn’ is that <em>emotions matter</em> in shaping individual and social motivations. Their importance is not just instrumental: against the explanatory grain of much scholarship since the nineteenth century, the history of emotions recognises that humans are not purely rational “economic subjects in trousers and skirts”— or, as it may be, <em>dhoti</em>s and <em>sari</em>s.</p>