Afterword

This afterword reflects on the growing centrality of emotions in historical inquiry amid contemporary instability. It argues for an understanding of emotions as relational, mobile and shaped by asymmetries of power, translation and circulation. Drawing on themes such as entanglement, exclusion and resentment, it highlights how emotional configurations emerge across cultural and spatial boundaries, particularly in contexts of displacement and inequality. The essay calls for a historically grounded yet reflexive approach to emotions, attentive to their role in structuring both past experiences and present global dynamics

Actor–network theory · Centrality · Reflexivity · Structuring · History of Emotions Research · Interdisciplinary Cultural and Social Studies · Sociology and Norbert Elias