Thomas Dixon
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Thomas Dixon

Religion & Spirituality | History
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Thomas Dixon is Professor of History and Director of the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary University of London. He writes about the intellectual and cultural histories of passions, emotions, love, altruism, tears, and weeping, especially in Britain. His books include From Passions to Emotions: The Creation of a Secular Psychological Category (2003), The Invention of Altruism: Making Moral Meanings in Victorian Britain (2008), and Weeping Britannia: Portrait of a Nation in Tears (2015). His broadcast work has included histories of friendship and of solitude for BBC Radio 4, and an award-winning podcast series, “The Sound of Anger”, made as part of a Wellcome Trust research project on emotional health. His most recent podcast series is called "Living With Feeling" (2022).

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