| Theorizing Emotions: Sociological Explorations and Applications Contributor(s): Kuzmics, Helmut (Editor), Flam, Helena (Editor), Kleres, Jochen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 359338972X ISBN-13: 9783593389721 Publisher: Campus Verlag OUR PRICE: $57.42 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2009 Annotation: "Theorizing Emotions "reflects the recent turn to emotions in academia--not just in sociology but also in psychology, evolutionary biology, and neuroscience. Drawing on the classic studies of Max Weber, Erving Goffman, and Norbert Elias, several leading European scholars present their findings on the role of emotions in various facets of society, from the laboratory to the office to the media. Among the topics discussed are the tensions between feelings and feeling rules, the conscious and unconscious emotions of scientists, emotions and social disorder, the effect of the emotional turn as an element of advancing modernity, romantic love in U.S. and Israeli codes of conduct, and the role of mass media in generating massive public emotions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Emotions |
| Dewey: 152.4 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (1.00 lbs) 343 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Theorizing Emotions reflects the recent turn to emotions in academia--not just in sociology but also in psychology, evolutionary biology, and neuroscience. Drawing on the classic studies of Max Weber, Erving Goffman, and Norbert Elias, several leading European scholars present their findings on the role of emotions in various facets of society, from the laboratory to the office to the media. Among the topics discussed are the tensions between feelings and feeling rules, the conscious and unconscious emotions of scientists, emotions and social disorder, the effect of the emotional turn as an element of advancing modernity, romantic love in U.S. and Israeli codes of conduct, and the role of mass media in generating massive public emotions. |