"In practicians of mass excitement there is nothing new"

The last decade — time when emotions gained special social importance: politicians and social movements lean on strong feelings which they managed to wake, round the general experiences new communities and identity are formed, this or that scale of emotions defines a civic stand almost more than the principles and belief. Intuitively it seems that emotional reactions are spontaneous, but actually in many respects they, as well as reactions intellectual, are programmed by culture. Zorin Andrey, the outstanding historian and the literary critic, in the book "Appearance of the Hero" (2016)...