Verfasst von:	Essary, Kirk [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	The renaissance of feeling
Titelzusatz:	Erasmus and emotion
Verf.angabe:	Kirk Essary
Verlagsort:	London
Verlag:	Bloomsbury Academic
Jahr:	2024
Umfang:	viii, 224 Seiten
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	History of emotions
ISBN:	978-1-350-26979-8
Abstract:	Offering a re-reading of Erasmus's works, this book shows that emotion and affectivity were central to his writings. It argues that Erasmus's conception of emotion was highly complex and richly diverse by tracing how the Dutch humanist writes about emotion not only from different perspectives-theological, philosophical, literary, rhetorical, medical-but also in different genres. In doing so, this book suggests, Erasmus provided a distinctive, if not unique, Christian humanist emotional style.Demonstrating that Erasmus consulted multiple intellectual traditions and previous works in his thoughts on affectivity, The Renaissance of Feeling sheds light on how understanding emotions in late medieval and early modern Europe was a multi-disciplinary affair for humanist scholars. It argues that the rediscovery and proliferation ancient texts during the so-called renaissance resulted in shifting perspectives on how emotions were described and understood, and on their significance for Christian thought and practice. The book shows how the very availability of source material, coupled with humanists eagerness to engage with multiple intellectual traditions gave rise to new understandings of feeling in the 16th century.Essary shows how Erasmus provides the clearest example of such an intellectual inheritance by examining his writings about emotion across much of his vast corpus, including literary and rhetorical works, theological treatises, textual commentaries, religious disputations, and letters. Considering the rich and diverse ways that Erasmus wrote about emotions and affectivity, this book provides a new lens to study his works and sheds light on how emotions were understood in early modern Europe
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Schlagwörter:	(p)Erasmus, Desiderius    / (s)Christlicher Humanismus    / (s)Gefühlsausdruck
Sprache:	eng
Sach-SW:	Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700
	Europäische Geschichte: Renaissance
	Geschichte der Religion
	HISTORY / Renaissance
	History of ideas
	History of religion
	Ideengeschichte, Geistesgeschichte
	Émotions (Philosophie)
	Philosophie de la Renaissance
K10plus-PPN:	1880010887