A History of Emotions

An attempt to think and write about the history of emotions across time and place, with a few thoughts and images from a Scot in Exile thrown in.

Monday, 26 January 2009

Five sisters

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On the south Kintail ridge, a panorama from the east shoulder of Creag Mhaim (947m). from the left, Loch Cluanie, mist filled Glen Loyne the...
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Expressions of love

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You'd think I'd be posting more whilst not working but it's amazing how everything slows down. Anyway... The mainstream of emoti...
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Thursday, 15 January 2009

Romantic love below the desert...

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saw this today, and must go... The British Academy 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1 Thursday 26 February 2009 The history of romantic lo...
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Sunday, 11 January 2009

Skye is filled with snow

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The Red Cuillin above Broadford in winter from Skye images . A wonderland in winter.

The Soviet Union of Emotions

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The history of the Soviet Union was about many things, not least a story of totalitarianism and of a failed dream in the equality of humanit...
Friday, 2 January 2009

The Emotionless Greenlander?

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In 2008's conference on the Cultural History of Emotions in Premodernity , held at UmeƄ University, Sweden, there were a range of intere...
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Saturday, 27 December 2008

In the bleak midwinter

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Something a little bleaker from Steve Sharp, this is part of the Five Sisters of Kintail out on the road to Skye. According to this site : ...
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Friday, 26 December 2008

A reading list pt2

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Just to finish off this reading list... (ok i know these will never be my most exciting posts, but any thoughts on any of the titles much ap...
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A reading list pt1

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I have been fortunate recently to have been in email conversation with Keith Oatley, author "Emotions: A Brief History". He has be...
Thursday, 25 December 2008

Merry Christmas folks

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Season's greetings to one and all...
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