Science and Emotions after 1945

Source : The University of Chicago Press Science and Emotions after 1945 A Transatlantic Perspective Edited by Frank Biess and Daniel M. Gross 384 pages | 6 x 9 | © 2014 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. Emotion remained on the scene of scientific a..