by Theodore Zeldin · Harper Perennial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780060926915
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«An Intimate History of Humanity» is Theodore Zeldin's historical essay, published by Harper Perennial in paperback (496 pages, in English).
Historian Theodore Zeldin examines how feelings, bonds and private life have changed across eras and cultures, using interviews and personal vignettes as a starting point. He addresses love, friendship, loneliness, conversation, compassion, fear and the search for meaning, showing how they shape existence.
Work originally published in 1994; the present English edition is from 1995. The text is structured in 25 thematic chapters ranging from conversation to hospitality.
Appeals to readers of social history, psychology and philosophy, as well as those seeking an essay close to personal experiences.
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.
