Emotion and social theory corporeal reflections on the (Ir)rational

This critical account of the resurgence of emotions in social theory draws on a wide range of sources, both classical and contemporary to examine this once marginalised topic.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Simon J. 1961- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications 2001.
London ; Thousand Oaks : 2001.
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798076706719
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1 - Introduction: Why emotions, why not?; Chapter 2 - Modernity and its discontents: Reason versus emotion?; Chapter 3 - Biology versus society?; Chapter 4 - Experiencing emotions: the lived boy; Chapter 5 - Desire, excess and the transgression of corporeal boundaries; Chapter 6 - Gender and the transformation of intimacy: a 'stalled revolution'?; Chapter 7 - 'Manufactured' emotions?: the '(un)managed heart' revisited; Chapter 8 - Conclusion; References; Index