Emotions and Modernity in Colonial India investigates the experiences, interpretations and practices of emotions in India between 1857 and the First World War. It is based on a large archive of sources in Urdu, many explored for the first time, showing the transformation from the ideal of balance and harmony to a desire for strong, visceral and even indomitable passions, which the contemporaries took as a sign for the youthfulness and vigor of thecommunity.
Emotions and Modernity in Colonial India investigates the experiences, interpretations and practices of emotions in India between 1857 and the First World War. It is based on a large archive of sources in Urdu, many explored for the first time, showing the transformation from the ideal of balance and harmony to a desire for strong, visceral and even indomitable passions, which the contemporaries took as a sign for the youthfulness and vigor of thecommunity.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Margrit Pernau is Senior Researcher at the Center for the History of Emotions at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin and Extraordinary Professor at the Freie Universität Berlin. She holds a PhD from Heidelberg University and a Habilitation from Bielefeld University. Her latest publications include, Ashraf into Middle Classes. Muslims in Nineteenth-Century Delhi, OUP Delhi 2013; Civilizing Emotions. Concepts in Nineteenth Century Asia and Europe, OUP Oxford 2015(with Helge Jordheim et al.); Feeling Communities (Special issue, Indian Economic and Social History Review, 2017; Monsoon Feelings: A History of Emotions in the Rain (with Imke Rajamani and Katherine Schofield), Delhi, Niyogi Books, 2018. Besides, she has written numerous articles on the history of emotions, modern Indian history, historical semantics, comparative studies, and translation studies. She is presently working on emotions and temporality, focusing on the concept of modernity in Urdu in the 20th century.
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Contents List of Figures vii Acknowledgements ix Note on Transcription xiii 1. Introduction 1 2. 1857: Violence and Emotional Mobilization 20 3. Emotion Concepts: From Aristotelian Legacy to Modern Journalism 45 4. Tahzib ul Akhlaq: The Negotiation of the Civilizing Mission 71 5. The Begams of Bhopal: Three Generations of Advice to Women 96 6. Journals for Children: Emotions and Entertainment 121 7. Ashraf 'Ali' Thanavi: Sermons and Pious Feelings 146 8. 'Abdul Majid Daryabadi: The Translation of Psychology 171 9. Nostalgia: Tears of Blood for a Lost World 195 10. Kanpur 1913: Feeling Passionately for the House of God 219 11. Conclusion 244 Appendix: Emotions in South Asian Historiography and Anthropology 272 Bibliography 286 Names Index 327 Index
Contents List of Figures vii Acknowledgements ix Note on Transcription xiii 1. Introduction 1 2. 1857: Violence and Emotional Mobilization 20 3. Emotion Concepts: From Aristotelian Legacy to Modern Journalism 45 4. Tahzib ul Akhlaq: The Negotiation of the Civilizing Mission 71 5. The Begams of Bhopal: Three Generations of Advice to Women 96 6. Journals for Children: Emotions and Entertainment 121 7. Ashraf 'Ali' Thanavi: Sermons and Pious Feelings 146 8. 'Abdul Majid Daryabadi: The Translation of Psychology 171 9. Nostalgia: Tears of Blood for a Lost World 195 10. Kanpur 1913: Feeling Passionately for the House of God 219 11. Conclusion 244 Appendix: Emotions in South Asian Historiography and Anthropology 272 Bibliography 286 Names Index 327 Index
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