Emotions and Time: Approaching Emotions through a Fusion of Horizons

This chapter examines the relationship between emotions and time. Drawing from Hans-Georg Gadamer’s hermeneutics, it takes a fusion of horizons as a means by which to place multiple temporal perspectives in dialogue with one another. As such, we argue that a fusion of horizons allows us to consider emotions not as isolated, ephemeral experiences but as a creative continuum in which a host of emotional appraisals, including their connections, can be explored. Looking at the effects of time and emotional experience opens up the methodological compass of the study of emotions. Upon discussing the nature of emotional experience and Gadamer’s fusion of horizons, the chapter turns to Stanley Fish’s affective stylistics, a method which takes the reader as ‘an actively mediating presence,’ in order to look at the connections between time and emotional experience. To exemplify how the method can be applied, the chapter studies the links between the emotional appraisals extolled by the Bush administration before and immediately after 9/11. Contrary to interpretations which suggest that 9/11 resulted in a radical restructuring of United States’ foreign policy, we argue that Bush’s emotional appraisals were actually beset by a strong level of continuity

O processo histórico do trabalho de enfermagem no município de Cuiabá - Mato Grosso El proceso histórico del trabajo de la enfermería en el distrito municipal de Cuiabá-MT The historical process of the nursing work in the city of Cuiabá - Mato Grosso

O estudo trata-se de uma pesquisa histórica, cujo objetivo foi historicizar a singularidade do processo de trabalho de enfermagem no município de Cuiabá/MT. Os dados foram coletados a partir de fontes primárias e secundárias. Pelos dados analisados a enfermagem surgiu com o atendimento e cuidados aos enfermos, prestados por pessoas voluntárias, negros e escravos. A primeira instituição criada foi a Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Cuiabá. A assistência de enfermagem era prestada por religiosas, leigos e escravos, calcados na abnegação, acolhimento e apadrinhamento. Sucessivos eventos importantes como a implantação da ABEn/MT, o Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem e o COREN/MT marcaram a trajetória do trabalho de enfermagem, os quais, estiveram vinculados ao empresariamento na área da saúde no contexto estudado.<br>El estudio se trata de una investigación histórica, cuyo objetivo fue hablar de la historia de la singularidad del proceso de trabajo de enfermería en el municipio de Cuiabá/MT. Los datos se colectaron a partir de fuentes primarias y secundarias. Por los datos analizados la enfermería surgió con la atención y cuidados a los enfermos, prestados por personas voluntarias, negros y esclavos. La primera institución creada fue la Santa Casa de Misericordia de Cuiabá. La asistencia de enfermería era prestada por religiosas, laicos y esclavos, calcados en la abnegación, acogida y apadrinamiento. Sucesivos eventos importantes como la implantación de la ABEn/MT, el Curso de Graduación en Enfermería y el COREN/MT marcaron la trayectoria del trabajo de enfermería, los cuales, estuvieron vinculados al empresariamiento en el área de la salud en el contexto estudiado.<br>The study is a historical research whose aim was to historicize the singularity of the nursing work process in the city of Cuiabá/MT. The data were collected from primary and secondary sources. According to the analyzed data, nursing appeared with the attention and care for the sick, and volunteers, blacks and slaves were the ones who performed it. The first created institution was the Santa Casa de Misericórdia of Cuiabá. The religious, lay people and slaves performed nursing assistance on the basis of abnegation, friendliness, and godfathering. Successive important events such as the implementation of ABEn/MT, the Undergraduate Course in Nursing, and COREN/MT have marked the course of the nursing work, the three of which were linked to the business community in the health sector in the studied context