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Through the first half of the twentieth century, emotions were a legitimate object of scientific study across a variety of disciplines. After 1945, however, in the wake of Nazi irrationalism, emotions became increasingly marginalized and postwar rationalism took central stage. This book chronicles the curious resurgence of emotion studies.

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"In this book of lively essays, the 1950s, with its cold war panic; the 1960s, with its women's movement; and the 1970s, with its totalizing market economies are here shown-along with many other historically salient moments-to be the unexpected catalysts of today's scientific culture. Science and Emotions after 1945 tells us not only why the sciences today are so interested in emotions but also how humanists can critique, use, and transform such insights in their own work on emotions." (Barbara H. Rosenwein, Loyola University Chicago)"

Science and Emotions after 1945

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 22 May 2014
      ISBN-13 9780226126487
      978-0226126487
      ISBN-10 022612648X
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      Neurosciences

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Through the first half of the twentieth century, emotions were a legitimate object of scientific study across a variety of disciplines. After 1945, however, in the wake of Nazi irrationalism, emotions became increasingly marginalized and postwar rationalism took central stage. This book chronicles the curious resurgence of emotion studies.

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      "In this book of lively essays, the 1950s, with its cold war panic; the 1960s, with its women's movement; and the 1970s, with its totalizing market economies are here shown-along with many other historically salient moments-to be the unexpected catalysts of today's scientific culture. Science and Emotions after 1945 tells us not only why the sciences today are so interested in emotions but also how humanists can critique, use, and transform such insights in their own work on emotions." (Barbara H. Rosenwein, Loyola University Chicago)"

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