The physical and mental capacity of having emotions is universal. However, the ways in which emotions are perceived, expressed, and shared are historically determined by the codified rules imposed by the society of the time and the personal background. Emotions depend on language, cultural practices, expectations, and moral beliefs. This means that every culture has its rules for feelings and behavior; every culture thus exerts certain restraints while favoring certain forms of expressivity. Hate, fear, cruelty, and love are always turning history into the history of passion and lust, because emotional life is always ready to overflow into intellectual life. This fascinating study of emotion in Renaissance Italy shows that emotions are built and created by the society in which they are expressed and conditioned. The contributors examine, among others, the emotional language of the court, around public execution and during outbreaks of disease. This volume examines, among others, the emotional language of the court, around public execution, religious practices and during outbreaks of disease.

Introduction / Ricciardelli, Fabrizio; Zorzi, Andrea. - STAMPA. - (2015), pp. 7-13.

Introduction

RICCIARDELLI, Fabrizio;ZORZI, ANDREA
2015

Abstract

The physical and mental capacity of having emotions is universal. However, the ways in which emotions are perceived, expressed, and shared are historically determined by the codified rules imposed by the society of the time and the personal background. Emotions depend on language, cultural practices, expectations, and moral beliefs. This means that every culture has its rules for feelings and behavior; every culture thus exerts certain restraints while favoring certain forms of expressivity. Hate, fear, cruelty, and love are always turning history into the history of passion and lust, because emotional life is always ready to overflow into intellectual life. This fascinating study of emotion in Renaissance Italy shows that emotions are built and created by the society in which they are expressed and conditioned. The contributors examine, among others, the emotional language of the court, around public execution and during outbreaks of disease. This volume examines, among others, the emotional language of the court, around public execution, religious practices and during outbreaks of disease.
2015
9789089647368
Emotions, Passions, and Power in Renaissance Italy
7
13
Ricciardelli, Fabrizio; Zorzi, Andrea
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