Rethinking Nationalism and Ethnicity: The Struggle for Meaning and Order in Europe Book

I'm currently doing my master's in Philosophy, and so reading dull and dry academic texts is part of what I do. The study of emotions is an extremely interesting and exciting topic of discussion, and so reading this text I was hoping the nature of the content would shine through the form of the work. Unfortunately that was not the case. I struggled to get past 20 pages. This work is extremely, extremely boring. It has no hook. Nothing compelling. No reason to engage and interest the reader. It takes a marvelous subject and nullifies it. I apologize to the author. It is a good piece in terms of content: well researched, and informative. You would think that would be sufficient...but sadly, it isn't. Even Kant had something compelling about his work which would grab you and incite enough interest to keep flipping the page...

There is much, much more to writing than just content. This book is a good indicator of that.

I changed my rating from a 2 to a 3 after re-reading the 'emotions and the brain' chapter which is very insightful; as is 'emotional disorders' chapter. There are lots of good sections in this book, and it is well-researched and put together. While form is important, this is a text on the history of psychology. It's facts and not flare. And sometimes, straight facts is more important because the content is not hidden in fluff and rhetoric.