Emotions in Social Life
, by Bendelow,GillianNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780415137997 | 0415137993
- Cover: Nonspecific Binding
- Copyright: 12/15/1997
The development of a sociology of emotions is crucial to our understanding of social life. Emotions are "social things"--controlled and managed in our everyday lives. Why is it then, that in Western social thought, emotions are disdainfully regarded as irrational and very often linked to a "hysterical" female? Emotions in Social Lifeinvestigates how in the course of human history, this "rational" development of the separation of reason and feeling came into being, and how its institution was male-identified. In providing this comprehensive assessment of the sociology of emotions, this volume pushes forward the boundaries of sociological investigation, allowing for a better understanding of the social process. The international roster of scholars come from the fields of medical sociology, health psychology and gender studies.