Affect and emotion : a new social science understanding
by
Wetherell, Margaret, 1954-
Title
:
Affect and emotion : a new social science understanding
Author
:
Wetherell, Margaret, 1954-
ISBN
:
9780857028563
9780857028570
Personal Author
:
Wetherell, Margaret, 1954-
Publication Information
:
Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2012.
Physical Description
:
182 pages ; 25 cm
Contents
:
Introducing affect: lines of argument -- Bodying affect: affective flows and their psychobiological figuring -- Negotiating affect: discourse, representation and affective meaning-making -- Situating affect: interaction, accountability and the present moment -- Solidifying affect: structures of feeling, habitus and emotional capital -- Personalising affect: relational histories, subjectivities and the psychosocial -- Circulating affect: waves of feeling, contagion and affective transmission.
Abstract
:
In recent years there has been a surge of interest in affect and emotion. Scholars want to discover how people are moved, and understand embodied social action, feelings and passions. How do social formations 'grab' people? How do roller coasters of contempt, patriotism, hate and euphoria power public life? This book systematically reviews research on affect and emotion in neuroscience, social psychology, sociology, and political science. It develops a critique of the 'turn to affect' and argues for an approach based on affective practice. It provides new analyses to explain how affect travels, settles, circulates and coalesces.
Subject Term
:
Emotions.
Affect (Psychology)
Emotions -- Sociological aspects.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
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| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025783057 | 302 W568A 2012 | 1 |