Abstract
By defining ‘emotion’, this research papers represents a historiographical survey of emotions in history. It highlights the definitional differences regarding ‘emotion’ among psychologists, neuroscientists, anthropologist, philosophers, and historians. By taking leads from emotions historians, this study defines the ‘history of emotions' and unveils the history of the history of emotions. Moreover, it tries to examine the differences between historical psychology, psychohistory and history of emotions. It also discusses the contemporary themes and perspectives in history of emotions as newly emerging field in the current historical debate.
Keyword(s)
emotions, History, History of Emotions, Historical Psychology, Psychohistory