The word “emotion” has existed in English since the 17th century, originating as a translation of the French émotion, meaning a physical disturbance. The historical tale is a case-study in the history of psychology, namely the birth of the term “emotion”.
Crossref Angela Kim Harkins , Ritualizing Jesus’ Grief at Gethsemane , Journal for the Study of the New Testament , 10.1177/0142064X18804433 , (0142064X1880443) , (2018) . The key figure in this transition was the Edinburgh professor of moral philosophy Thomas Brown, whom I have previously designated the “inventor of the emotions” (Dixon, 2003, p. 109). 111-112. Thomas Dixon reveals in this study how emotions came into being as a distinct psychological category. In this post for the History of Emotions Blog, Professor Thomas Dixon looks back at the life and influence of the man he has suggested was the ‘inventor of the emotions’.

Dr Thomas Dixon appeared twice recently on BBC Radio 4 to discuss his research on the history of tears and emotions. Weeping Britannia--the first history of crying in Britain--comprehensively debunks this myth.

Thomas Dixon was the first director of Queen Mary University of London’s Centre for the History of the Emotions, the first of its kind in the UK.

Yet until two centuries ago 'the emotions' did not exist. James Froude (1882). They replaced such concepts as appetites, passions, sentiments and affections, which had preoccupied thinkers as diverse as Augustine, Aquinas, Hume, and Darwin.

There is a persistent myth about the British: that they are a nation of stoics, with stiff upper lips, repressed emotions, and inactive lachrymal glands.

Thomas Dixon, Educating the emotions from Gradgrind to Goleman, Research Papers in Education, 27, 4, (481), (2012). 1, p. 25; Richard Herne Shepherd (1881). He spoke at the conclusion of a special edition of The Film Programme marking the 70th anniversary of Brief Encounter. Memoirs of …

Six centuries of weeping Britons, from medieval mystics to Margaret Thatcher;
Emotions are everywhere today, their importance obvious to all. Thomas Dixon (2003), From Passions to Emotions: The Creation of a Secular Psychological Category.Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, pp. 2 vols. Today is the 200th anniversary of the death of … Continue reading →

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Yet until two centuries ago 'the emotions' did not exist. Thomas Carlyle: A History of the First Forty Years of his Life, 1795-1835. I joined the School of History at Queen Mary in 2007 and since 2008 have been a member of the Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions, and co-editor of the History of Emotions Blog. Then, on All in the Mind, he discussed the history and science of tears and health with Claudia Hammond, including a recent Mind campaign about crying and anxiety. Dixon, Passions to Emotions, pp. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading From Passions to Emotions: The Creation of a Secular Psychological Category. ... Thomas Dixon.

SECULAR EMOTIONS1 THOMAS DIXON 1. Thomas Dixon Dr Dixon is an International Partner Investigator. In this episode, he asks whether domestic, everyday anger is the same thing as political anger, and wonders about the relationship between angry dads, angry protesters, and emotional health. In this path-breaking study Thomas Dixon shows how, during the nineteenth century, the emotions came into being as a distinct psychological category, replacing existing categories such as appetites, passions, sentiments and affections. Thomas Dixon’s examination of all things furious, vengeful and irate is mind-blowing. Anytime, anywhere, across your devices. He is the Director of the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL) in the United Kingdom.

109-127. The word “emotion” has existed in English since the 17th century, originating as a translation of the French émotion, meaning a physical disturbance. This essay takes the form of an historical tale and three morals about the relationships that hold between the sciences and Christian theologies.