Emotions and Social Change

Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-25057-5
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 441 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 654 g

This book illustrates the theoretical relevance of emotions to analyse and interpret contemporary events and societies. Emotions explain social phenomena while providing critical and analytical tools to challenge dominant or conventional interpretations of them. Drawing on examples of empirical research on emotions, it examines the long-standing sociological significance of emotions, some of the most recent theoretical and methodological advances, and the importance of fruitful interdisciplinary contaminations. The book will appeal to students, scholars, and professionals interested in the intersection of emotions, society, and social change.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pratesi, Alessandro

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Emotion, Motivation, Handlung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I _ Defining emotions from different disciplinary perspectives.- Introduction.- Defining emotions from different disciplinary perspectives.- Feeling Modernity: the early theorisations on emotions from the classics of sociology.- Conceptualising emotions sociologically: contemporary theories on emotions.- Between Positivist and Constructionist approaches, micro- and macro- levels of analysis.- Emotions in different historical and cultural contexts.- Love Studies and Black Feminist Theory.- Rethinking the sociological relevance of emotions in light of recent social and political phenomena.- PART II _ The theoretical and political relevance of emotions: research areas.- Emotions and Social Control: Shame, Humiliation, Embarrassment, and Conformity.- Emotions and Politics: The Social Construction of Emotions in the Public Sphere.- Emotions and Social Class.- Emotions and Capitalism.- Emotions and Violence.- Emotions, Technologies, and Media.- Emotions, Relationships, and Intimacies.- Emotions, Citizenship, and Social Change.- Concluding Thoughts: Future Prospects.

Über Autor(innen)

Alessandro Pratesi is an Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Florence, Italy. His research interests include the sociology of emotions, care, relationships and intimacies, social inclusion, and citizenship. He is the author of (2018, Palgrave Macmillan).