The main concepts used in this book are ‘an emotional frame’ and ‘emotional heritage’. I propose these two terms for discussing cultural or collective emotions. Emotional heritage is the traces of various emotional dispositions and experiences, shaped by culture throughout time and space. I use this concept to explain the impact of history on emotions and how we might still be carrying parts of it with us. An emotional frame is where our different emotional heritages and personal dispositions are mixed with the current societal conditions and changes.