Open AccessShame and Its Histories in the Twentieth Century
Author(s) -
Barbara Brookes
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of new zealand studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
0eISSN - 2324-3740
pISSN - 1176-306X
DOI - 10.26686/jnzs.v0i9.116
Subject(s) - shame , immigration , sociology , aesthetics , content (measure theory) , christianity , publishing , project commissioning , psychology , social psychology , history , epistemology , law , political science , philosophy , archaeology , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Human emotions have been described as 'a map of our values'.2 In this paper I want to argue for a new direction in our history that takes emotions seriously. What role did hope play, for example, in propelling immigrants to this side of the world? What was the emotional content of the conversion experience that led some Maori to adopt Christianity? How do we understand desire as a motivating force for people's actions in the past?