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With Claudia Avendaño

Emotions and women in the history of culture

Jericó 2021, 

The relation between history and culture with human emotions has changed through time. Until the XVIII century, emotions were always linked to weakness and with was then consider the “weak sex”. Throughout the last two centuries, emotions became more prevalent versus reason, as relevant elements for the professional and the personal. This talk looks into this historical shift and of the value of emotions and the social.

With Claudia Avendaño