Abstract: That World War II is connected to emotions seems self-evident. But what did this relationship entail? Did it change over time? And how can we know such things? Milan van Lange’s PhD-thesis ‘Emotional Imprints: A Computer-assisted Analysis of War-related Emotions in Dutch Parliamentary Debates, 1945–1989’ offers a creative and innovative perspective on ‘things we think we know’ regarding emotions related to the aftermath of World War II in the Netherlands. ‘Emotional Imprints’ investigates the role of emotions in the post-war pol...
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Social psychology
Media studies