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This article discusses the history of human emotions in decision making, with a particular focus on the early 20th century through the early 21st century. The author comments on the role of sociologist Georg Simmel in the incorporation of emotions in historical and sociological research, which is referred to as the emotional turn. She also considers the impact of the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001, on the relationship between historiography and emotion. The concepts of modernity and rationality in this context are also explored.