Tiffany Watt Smith: The history of human emotions
티파니 와트 스미스: 감정의 역사
Tiffany Watt Smith investigates the hidden cultural forces which shape our emotions. Full bio
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with a little experiment.
if you would close your eyes
눈을 감아보라고 하면
to tell anyone or anything.
or perhaps hard you find it
아니면 어려운지 보려는 것이니까요
10 seconds to do this.
a little bit under pressure,
of the person next to you.
have their eyes closed?
strange, distant worry
이메일이 걱정됐을 수도,
you've got planned for this evening.
that comes when we get together
한꺼번에 느꼈을 수도 있겠네요
which wash the world in a single color,
느껴지는 공포 같은 것이죠
crowd and jostle together
뭐가 뭔지 구분하기 조차 힘들만큼
to tell them apart.
you'd hardly even notice them,
순식간에 스쳐 가기도 합니다
that will make you reach out
익숙한 상품에 손이 가게되는
in the supermarket.
that we hurry away from,
to search a loved one's pockets.
질투와 같은 것이죠
which are so peculiar,
a little tingle of a desire
어떤 미묘한 욕구가 생겼을 지도 모르겠네요
French sociologist called "ilinx,"
"일린크스"라 불렀습니다
with minor acts of chaos.
동반하는 망상을 말하는데,
and emptied the contents of your bag
가방에 있는 모든 물건들을
untranslatable emotions
아마도 다들 경험해 보셨을겁니다
English equivalent.
the Dutch called "gezelligheid,"
네델란드에서는 "거즐러헤이드"라고 하죠
when it's cold and damp outside.
친구들과 함께있는 느낌 말이죠
is an extremely important commodity,
to explain many things,
of being able to recognize and name
즉 자신과 타인의 감정을 인지하고
and those of other people,
is taught in our schools and businesses
아주 중요시 되고 있습니다
is becoming impoverished.
계속 뒤쳐지고 있는 것이 아닌지 말이죠
what an emotion even is.
애매 할 때도 있습니다
can be boiled down
몇 안되는 기본적인 것으로
about 2,000 years old,
have suggested that these six emotions --
여섯 가지로 정리를 했습니다
disgust, anger, surprise --
in exactly the same way,
the building blocks
우리가 평생 느끼는 모든 감정의
우리를 보호하기 위해 존재하죠
your heart rate quickens,
심장이 뛰기 시작하고,
you run very, very fast.
줄행랑을 치게 되는 것이죠
what an emotion is.
정확히 파악하기가 쉽지않다는 것이죠
is extremely important,
감정이 일어나는 것에 대한
why we feel the way we do
that in the 12th century,
하품이 우리 생각처럼
or boredom like we do today,
of the deepest love?
생각했었다라고 한다면?
brave men -- knights --
who lived in the desert
who mainly came out at lunchtime
they called "accidie,"
that was sometimes so intense
as we know and love it today,
by the Victorians,
새로운 발상에 대한 반응으로
about leisure time and self-improvement?
처음으로 느꼈던 것이라고 한다면?
untranslatable words for emotions
감정 표현의 단어들 말이죠
might feel an emotion more intensely
더 강렬하게 느낄 수가 있는 것인지요
to name and talk about it,
그에 관한 얘기를 나눈다는 이유로 말입니다
in cognitive science show
that we've inherited
모두 영향을 받는것이죠
but by our thoughts,
우리의 생각과 개념,
has become very interested
between words and emotions.
깊은 관심을 가져 왔습니다
a new word for an emotion,
따라 붙는다고 주장합니다
that as language changes,
언어의 변화와 함께
to see that emotions have changed,
변화해왔다는 것을 쉽게 알 수 있습니다
and religious beliefs,
and economic ideologies.
starting to understand.
to learn new words for emotions,
매우 유익하다는 것에 전적으로 동의합니다
emotionally intelligent,
where those words have come from,
we ought to live and behave
in the late 17th century,
living some 60 miles away from home.
고향은 100킬로미터 정도 떨어진 곳이죠
and they find him dejected and feverish,
그가 맥없이 고열을 앓고 있는 것을 발견하죠
that prayers are said for him
그를 위해 기도를 해 줄 만큼
to return this young man home
onto the stretcher,
to the gates of his hometown,
from a very powerful form of homesickness.
앓고 있었던 것입니다
that it might have killed him.
그를 죽일 수도 있었죠
Johannes Hofer,
in medical circles around Europe.
빠르게 화제거리가 됐죠
they were probably immune
많은 곳을 돌아다녔기 때문에
in the empire and so on.
cropping up in Britain, too.
발생하기 시작했습니다
during the First World War in France.
that you could die from nostalgia
그것도 불과 몇십년 전에,
mean something different --
rather than a lost place --
홍역 같은 것을 말하는데,
is seen as less serious,
심각하게 받아들여 지지는 않죠
you could die from
이제 급이 많이 떨어진 셈이네요
your kid might be suffering from
in the early 20th century.
시작된 것으로 보입니다
or the expansion of the railways?
and travel and progress
transformation in values,
엄청난 변화를 이어가고 있습니다
feel homesickness today
influence our emotions
우리의 감정에 영향을 준다는 것입니다
how we feel about how we feel.
느낌에도 영향을 주게 되니까요
to make us better workers
most of those things.
시작된다고 생각했습니다
self-help books from that period
to be disappointed.
you could cultivate sadness as a skill,
학습할 수 있다고 생각했습니다
would make you more resilient
as invariably it would.
impatient, even a little ashamed.
짜증이 날 수도, 무안할 수도 있겠지만,
and you might feel a little bit smug.
don't just change across time,
speak of "awumbuk,"
when a houseguest finally leaves.
to shed a sort of heaviness
and causes this awumbuk.
아웜부크가 된다고 생각하는 것입니다
a bowl of water out overnight
they wake up and have a ceremony
그 물을 가져다 버리는
and geographical realities combining
is a Japanese word, "amae."
일어로 "아마이"라고 하는데,
hard to translate.
the pleasure that you get
hand over responsibility for your life
might have been named and celebrated
traditionally collectivist culture,
amongst English speakers,
self-sufficiency and individualism.
tell us not just about what we feel,
것들까지 전달해 주게 됩니다
to pay attention to our well-being
of naming our emotions.
부르는 것이 중요하다고 말합니다
values and expectations,
about who we think we are.
for emotions will help attune us
aspects of our inner lives.
교감하는데 도움을 줄것입니다
words are worth caring about,
가치가 있다고 생각합니다
how powerful the connection is
requires that we understand
the cultural forces
to believe about our emotions
or hatred or love or anger
tell us how important they are,
말하는 것을 들어 보려면,
truly speak to us now.
현실적인지 알아봐야겠죠
자주 느끼는 감정에 대해 말씀드리면서
that you feel in an unfamiliar place.
어질어질하고 혼미한 느낌을 말합니다
of being a historian
I've completely taken for granted,
just a little glimpse of it right now.
그 기분을 맛보셨기 바랍니다
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tiffany Watt Smith - Cultural historianTiffany Watt Smith investigates the hidden cultural forces which shape our emotions.
Why you should listen
Tiffany Watt Smith is the author of The Book of Human Emotions, which tells the stories of 154 feelings from around the world. It has been published in 9 countries so far. She is currently a Wellcome Trust research fellow at the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary University of London, and she was educated at the Universities of Cambridge and London. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, the BBC News Magazine and The New Scientist. In 2014, she was named a BBC New Generation Thinker. In her previous career, she was a theatre director.
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