Nervous States: How Feeling Took Over the World
Book • 2018
In 'Nervous States: How Feeling Took Over the World', William Davies examines the historical shift from reason to emotion in public life.
He argues that this shift has destabilized governments and placed societies on high alert, tracing the origins of these 'nervous states' through a 400-year history of scientific and political ideas.
Davies also explores how physical and emotional feelings have reshaped our world, particularly in the context of nation-states, war, and national identity.
He argues that this shift has destabilized governments and placed societies on high alert, tracing the origins of these 'nervous states' through a 400-year history of scientific and political ideas.
Davies also explores how physical and emotional feelings have reshaped our world, particularly in the context of nation-states, war, and national identity.
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Nervous States: How Feeling Took Over the World, with Will Davies and Carl Miller
