What is Emotional History?
by Wang Qingjia
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Wang Qingjia, an expert in global historiography, uses emotional history as a method to open up a new perspective on understanding history. The history of emotions has become a new direction in contemporary historical research. It subverts many traditional historical concepts, from the dualism of nature, society, body and mind, to male-centered and Western-centered historical narratives. It also brings more reflections: What are historical facts? How to test the value of historical materials? Should historians take a moral stance? Does a historical narrative need to be coherent? ... This book is a collection of papers that Professor Wang Qingjia, an expert in world history and editor-in-chief of Guangqi Emotional History, has introduced, discussed and practiced the research on the history of emotion over the years. It systematically introduces the origin and development, theory and value of the history of emotion. On this basis, it uses case studies to discuss the above issues.
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