by Theodore Zeldin · Vintage Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780749396237
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«An Intimate History of Humanity» is Theodore Zeldin's social history essay, in paperback, published by Vintage Books (496 pages, in English).
This book is an essay on human feelings throughout history, with portraits ranging from Vikings and Aztecs to contemporary hypochondriacs. Zeldin analyzes hope, conversation, loneliness, love, desire, respect in the face of power, and the melancholy of the privileged.
Originally written in English, the work appeared in 1994 and falls within philosophy, sociology, and anthropology.
It is aimed at readers interested in the history of emotions, philosophy, and everyday life.
Theodore Zeldin is a British historian and current Associate Fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford. He is the author of A History of French Passions, a quotidian history of the French people, as well as An Intimate History of Humanity. He is also a Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, having previously been its dean for 13 years, and a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature.
