Soldiers Fear during World War I – Continuity of an Emotion Culture

dc.contributor.authorZsuzsanna, Agora
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-02T11:57:27Z
dc.date.available2023-01-02T11:57:27Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstract-translatedThe sources and manifestations of human fear are so manifold that they cannot be fully explored in a short text. The aim of this article is rather to give a picture about how soldier’s fear was judged during the First World War. Furthermore, I will also discuss the history of the attitude toward soldier’s fear. Understanding the relevant aspects of its discourse could help us to understand why guns were blessed by the churches and why soldiers were expected to sacrifice their lives without fear. In addition, this short article aims to show that researching the history of collective emotion provides not only insights into the hidden mental structures of a society, but it sheds light on human motivations and on the “rationality” of emotions as well. Although emotions can be considered as anthropological constants, their naming and expression are always shaped by the written and unwritten rules of communities. Culture and language provide a frame in which the basic emotions vary and differentiate from each other. Every culture has its own set of emotions, and they play an important role in communication processes and in the maintenance of norms. In every society, there are emotions that receive positive social recognition, but there are also some with negative connotations or taboos. Soldiers fear is also one of the collective feelings that has long been denied and tabooed. But is it even possible to ignore or even forbid a feeling? History shows the consequences that the suppression of fear has had.en
dc.format18 s.cs
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.citationWest Bohemian Historical Review. 2022, no. 2, p. 159-176.en
dc.identifier.issn1804-5480
dc.identifier.urihttp://wbhr.cz/images/issues/WBHR_2022_2.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11025/50811
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherZápadočeská univerzita v Plznics
dc.rights© Západočeská univerzita v Plznics
dc.rights.accessopenAccessen
dc.subjectprvní světová válkacs
dc.subjecthistorie emocícs
dc.subjectvojenská kulturacs
dc.subjectválečná psychiatriecs
dc.subject.translatedWorld War I.en
dc.subject.translatedhistory of emotionen
dc.subject.translatedmilitary cultureen
dc.subject.translatedwar psychiatryen
dc.titleSoldiers Fear during World War I – Continuity of an Emotion Cultureen
dc.typečlánekcs
dc.typearticleen
dc.type.statusPeer-revieweden
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen

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