Civilizing emotions : concepts in nineteenth century Asia and Europe / Margrit Pernau, Helge Jordheim, Emmanuelle Saada, Christian Bailey, Einar Wigen, Orit Bashkin, Mana Kia, Mohinder Singh, Rochona Majumdar, Angelika C. Messner, Oleg Benesch, Myoungkyu Park, and Jan Ifversen.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

xii, 351 pages ; 24 cm.

First edition.

The nature of civilization: the semantics of civilization and civility in Scandinavia / Helge Jordheim -- Great Britain: the creation of an imperial global order / Margrit Pernau -- France: sociability in the imperial republic / Emmanuelle Saada -- Germany: redrawing of civilizational trajectories / Christian Bailey -- The education of Ottoman man and the practives of orderliness / Einar Wigen -- Journeys between civility and wilderness: debates on civilization and emotions in the Arab Middle East, 1861-1939 / Orit Bashkin -- Moral refinement and manhood in Persian / Mana Kia -- The virtuous individual and social reform: debates amon North Indian Urdu speakers / Margrit Pernau -- Spectres of the West: negotiating a civilizational figure in Hindi / Mohinder Singh -- From civilizational heroism to an ethic of universal humanity: Bengali discussions of civility / Rochona Majumdar -- Transforming Chinese hearts, minds, and bodies in the name of progress, civility, and civilization / Angelika C. Messner -- patriotism, virtue, and the clash of civilities in Japanese / Oleg Benesch -- From shame to sympathy: civilization and emotion in Korea, 1860-1920 / Myoungkyu Park -- Afterword: reflections on some challenges / Jan Ifversen.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-340) and indexes.