Mirko Sardelić: The Concepts of Envy and Jealousy in Eurasia: Examples of Cross-Cultural and Cross-Temporal Variations
Guest lecture by Professor Dr. Mirko Sardelić
Research Associate, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. JESH Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Austrian Historical Research (University of Vienna) and Institute of Iranian Studies (ÖAW).
This event is co-organised by the Project "Nomads' Manuscripts Landscape" (Institute of Iranian Studies, ÖAW) and the Mongolia Cluster (Universität Wien).
Abstract Culture refers to the repository of knowledge, experience, beliefs, values, attitude, meanings, roles, relations, concepts of time and space (etc.) shared by a group of people. It is communication, the way of life, a collective programming that distinguishes the members of one group from another. It also affects how the members of the group experience and express emotions, favouring some and suppressing other emotional states. Since cultures are adaptive and change in response to environmental and social challenges, their influence on emotional experience of its members changes and it is different across different periods of time. Therefore, the experience of emotions is not just different across cultures, but also within a single culture in different historical periods.
Jealousy and envy are considered as complex emotions shaped by social interaction and cultural models. The presentation focuses on some aspects of the discussion on the similarities (in function, motivational framework…) and differences between the two emotions, mostly from the perspective of (cross-)cultural history, linguistics, and the history of emotions. The analyses will include historical and contemporary examples from Europe, China, and Iran. The presenter will be thankful for any thoughts and contributions from the distinguished audience, as such complex comparative research most often extends beyond the linguistic and cross-cultural competences of individual researchers.
Link to lecture:
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