Towards a history of emotion, 1562–1660
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11492473 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Thorley (Durham University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-19 |
| Publication date | 2013-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Seventeenth Century (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-117X • E-ISSN: 2050-4616 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0268117x.2012.757943 |
| OpenAlex | W2093314145 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 11 |
This article examines uses of the word emotion during the seventeenth century, arguing that the term's meaning at this time was in flux. OED gives three principle definitions of emotion, the first as meaning ‘political turmoil or agitation’, the second as meaning literally ‘movement or motion’, and the third as meaning ‘strong feelings or passing’. I argue that a great many uses of emotion during the seventeenth century apply the word in the second sense to the physiological movements of humours. This being so, I suggest that in emotion's seventeenth-century uses it is possible to read a transition in the word's meaning. Through its frequent use with references to humours in motion, the word begins to take on the characteristics which would allow it to develop into meaning ‘feelings or passions’
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Feeling · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Movement (music · Passions · Political science · Politics · Word (group theory · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History of Emotions Research · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |