Original paper
What is the History of Anger a History of?
Abstract
This essay uses the history of emotions to make two arguments – one destructive and one constructive. It uses examples from intellectual and cultural history to undermine the idea that the modern English term ‘anger’ refers either to a clearly defined mental state or to a coherent emotional concept. At the same time, it also questions the diagnosis of the present as an ‘age of anger’. Constructively, the essay uses the intellectual and cultural...
Paper Details
Title
What is the History of Anger a History of?
Published Date
Sep 14, 2020
Volume
4
Issue
1
Pages
1 - 34