1st Edition

On Understanding Emotion

By Norman K. Denzin Copyright 2007
338 Pages
by Routledge

338 Pages
by Routledge

335 Pages
by Routledge

Emotions--fleeting, insubstantial, changeable, and ambiguous--seem to defy study and analysis. Nothing is more complex, mysterious, and subject to conflicting theories and interpretations than human emotion. Yet the central importance of emotion in human affairs is undeniable. Emotions affect all levels of life--personal, organizational, political, cultural, economic, and religious. Emotions give... Read more
Introduction: Studying Emotion; One: Differing Views of Emotion; One: Classical and Contemporary Theories; Two: A New Conception of Emotion and Social Interaction; Two: Emotionality, Self, and Interaction; Three: Essence of Emotional Experience; Four: Emotion as Individual Experience; Five: Emotion as Social Experience; Three: Two Studies of Problematic Emotionality; Six: Family Violence; Seven: The Divided Self; Conclusion: Reflections on Emotion

Biography

Melvin J. Lasky