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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457727103321

Autore

Williams Simon J (Simon Johnson), <1961->

Titolo

Emotion and social theory [[electronic resource] ] : corporeal reflections on the (ir)rational / / Simon J. Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2001

ISBN

0-7619-5629-8

1-280-36950-7

9786610369508

1-4129-3384-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Disciplina

301

302

Soggetti

Emotions - Sociological aspects

Sociology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [138]-162) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.