1st Edition

Emotions in Culture and Everyday Life Conceptual, Theoretical and Empirical Explorations

Edited By Michael Hviid Jacobsen Copyright 2023
274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

This volume describes and analyses a series of emotions prevalent in everyday life and culture, with each chapter exploring the main facets of a particular emotion and considering the ways in which it manifests itself in and informs our culture and lives. Considering our expression, conception, management and sanctioning of emotions, and the ways in which these have changed over time, as well as... Read more

Introduction – welcome to the world of emotions: emotions in culture and everyday life

MICHAEL HVIID JACOBSEN

1 Love: why romantic love matters in uncertain times

JULIA CARTER

2 Pride: feeling good about myself because of you, because of us

ALBA MONTES SÁNCHEZ AND ALESSANDRO SALICE

3 Shame: situations and enduring presence

GRAHAM SCAMBLER

4 Self-blame: the torments of internalised guilt, regret, shame and blame

MICHAEL HVIID JACOBSEN AND ANDERS PETERSEN

5 Loneliness: the decline of cultural and everyday sources of belonging in contemporary societies

ADRIAN S. FRANKLIN

6 Sadness: feeling, display and management in everyday life

SARAH GOODRUM

7 Depression: emotion and (or) dis-connection in late modern society

BERT VAN DEN BERGH AND ANDERS PETERSEN

8 Anxiety: fear and worry in the modern mind

JASON S. SCHNITTKER

9 Fear: a recent history

GEOFFREY R. SKOLL

10 Contempt: the emotional rejection of those who are beneath our standards

AGNETA FISCHER, IRA J. ROSEMAN AND ROGER GINER-SOROLLA

11 Indignation: immoral shocks, moral actions

KRISTEN L. MILLER AND JAMES M. JASPER

12 Nostalgia: an essentially contested emotion

KRYSTINE I. BATCHO AND MICHAEL HVIID JACOBSEN

13 Hope: fortitude or folly in the odyssey of sociology?

IAIN WILKINSON

14 Ambivalence: exploring a mixed emotion

MICHAEL HVIID JACOBSEN

Biography

Michael Hviid Jacobsen is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology and Social Work, Aalborg University, Denmark. His research is concerned with topics such as crime, utopia, ethics, death and dying, palliative care, qualitative methods and social theory. His recent publications include Beyond Bauman, Postmortal Society, The Interactionist Imagination, The Age of Spectacular Death and Emotions, Everyday Life and Sociology.